Tanis Franco – CAROUSEL

Poem

Reading Queer in the GTA (1)

Staff June 23, 2020 CAROUSEL CAROUSEL 42 CAROUSEL 42 GTA poetry queer Tanis Franco Toronto

TANIS FRANCO I Regret My Actions Up Until Now I rescheduled too many times but I actuallydo like you. This night is reminding methat I want to get over my avoidantnature. Something about those steely cloudsoutside, the fact that my roses have persistentpests, and the man who shot people justhaving…

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LGBTQA+GTA

Jade Wallace June 22, 2020 Banoo Zan CAROUSEL CAROUSEL 42 CAROUSEL 42 GTA Jade Wallace Kamila Rina Khashayar Mohammadi Kirby poetry queer Tanis Franco Toronto

In 2019, CAROUSEL interviewed five writers whose origins spanned the globe, whose ages straddled generations, whose writing practices crossed genres and genders, but who were all akin insofar as they were then at work making queer poetry in the GTA. The essay based on those interviews appeared in full in…