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$11.00 for a signed copy (Includes shipping to U.S. residents)
PayPal me at [email protected]
Venmo me at @Luke-Wortley
11 copies available
Shipping mid-October
Purge is my debut chapbook from Workhorse in Lexington, KY. CW: This collection centers on the male body, dysmorphia, disordered eating, and the intersection of those things with closeted bisexuality.
"Pitched between touch and want, sight and perception, and the corporeal versus the incorporeal, Luke Wortley's Purge is simply the most powerful and unflinching rendering of male body dysmorphia I have ever read. Here, bodies shine with the grease of eaten vermin, teeth turn to stone, and from behind the eyes blackbirds cackle. Purge is a bloody, bare knuckle boxing match between the soul and impossible desire. Wortley's writing is as heartbreaking as it is brilliant." - Todd Dillard, author of Ways We Vanish
"The pieces in Purge are among Wortley's best: precise, yet imaginatively detailed, modern yet timeless, threaded with deep emotion, yet not maudlin, and forever searching. This harrowing, razor-biting collection addresses the wounded, the outsider and outcast, the downfallen. Luke Wortley is a singular, startling, unapologetic writer with a daunting and unforgettable voice. Purge is a book we need now, daring us to breathe into the broken possibilities." - Robert Vaughan, author of Askew
"It is easy to cry while reading Luke Wortley’s Purge, a collection of poems so unflinchingly human, where “loss is an addiction” and desire is “to lean over the toilet again.” Wortley, as the title suggests, holds nothing back, and this lack of reprieve matches the narrator’s claustrophobic isolation as he sheds more and more of himself and everything around him. Upon finishing Purge, unsure of how much more I could’ve taken, I found myself simultaneously relieved and heartbroken, which is to say that Luke Wortley has written a haunting and beautiful book, one that will stay with you long after the tears are gone." - Leigh Chadwick, author of Your Favorite Poet
"Pitched between touch and want, sight and perception, and the corporeal versus the incorporeal, Luke Wortley's Purge is simply the most powerful and unflinching rendering of male body dysmorphia I have ever read. Here, bodies shine with the grease of eaten vermin, teeth turn to stone, and from behind the eyes blackbirds cackle. Purge is a bloody, bare knuckle boxing match between the soul and impossible desire. Wortley's writing is as heartbreaking as it is brilliant." - Todd Dillard, author of Ways We Vanish
"The pieces in Purge are among Wortley's best: precise, yet imaginatively detailed, modern yet timeless, threaded with deep emotion, yet not maudlin, and forever searching. This harrowing, razor-biting collection addresses the wounded, the outsider and outcast, the downfallen. Luke Wortley is a singular, startling, unapologetic writer with a daunting and unforgettable voice. Purge is a book we need now, daring us to breathe into the broken possibilities." - Robert Vaughan, author of Askew
"It is easy to cry while reading Luke Wortley’s Purge, a collection of poems so unflinchingly human, where “loss is an addiction” and desire is “to lean over the toilet again.” Wortley, as the title suggests, holds nothing back, and this lack of reprieve matches the narrator’s claustrophobic isolation as he sheds more and more of himself and everything around him. Upon finishing Purge, unsure of how much more I could’ve taken, I found myself simultaneously relieved and heartbroken, which is to say that Luke Wortley has written a haunting and beautiful book, one that will stay with you long after the tears are gone." - Leigh Chadwick, author of Your Favorite Poet