boy maybe

Praise

“W. J. Lofton’s boy maybe is a museum of exactitudes, with lines so precise that you never forget them. One example is the enchanting and provocative opening, ‘there was a rock in his stiletto, / small as a tear across the heart.’ This book stuns and nurtures all at once . . . or as Lofton himself might say, ‘i am nobody’s dinner/unless i want to be.’ I look forward to whatever this poet will offer.”
—Jericho Brown, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Tradition

“What to say? Sexy maybe? Daring maybe? Tender maybe? Brave maybe? Haunted maybe? Liberated maybe? All that. boy maybe touches my heart with its soft, honest lyrics and shakes me up with its brilliant singing. W. J. Lofton has written a lighthouse that will call many young queer folks to its shores. Here, in this poet’s shining language, is a country where we are possible. No maybe about it. This book is a warm, resounding YES!”
—Danez Smith, Lambda Award–winning author of [insert] Boy