{"product_id":"maryville-9781638042105","title":"Maryville","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a vividly sketched cast of\u003cbr\u003echaracters, award-winning poet Joelle Taylor uses the Maryville butch bar as a\u003cbr\u003elens through which to consider the underground histories of queer London. The\u003cbr\u003eviolence and pain of oppression and the beauty and intimacy of community are\u003cbr\u003erendered in awe-inspiring high definition in a collection as filmic as it is\u003cbr\u003efamiliar. A hybrid chronicle, magic trick, television series, prayer and\u003cbr\u003einsurrection, \u003ci\u003eMaryville \u003c\/i\u003econjures ghosts back\u003cbr\u003eto their bodies, a community to their feet. The four butches\u003cbr\u003eintroduced in \u003ci\u003eCunto \u0026amp; Othered Poems\u003c\/i\u003e return transplanted into the\u003cbr\u003eMaryville bar in 1957 as teenagers. They bring with them stories of\u003cbr\u003eincarceration, escape, and resilience - a quality that will mark their\u003cbr\u003efriendship for the next 50 years. Through the Maryville's darkened windows, we\u003cbr\u003ewatch the Gay Liberation Front stagger to its feet, a nascent women's\u003cbr\u003eliberation movement bite off its bindings, squat culture's wild spread across\u003cbr\u003ethe city, the fight against Clause 28, the Brixton Riots, the Sex Wars and much\u003cbr\u003emore. Inside, the Maryville has its own rituals, its own revolutions to\u003cbr\u003econsider. More than anything the Maryville is a safe space to be dangerous.\u003cbr\u003eWomen find themselves in each other's faces while outside Boy-Boy's howl their\u003cbr\u003einfinite carols.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clemson University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638042105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188","brand":"Joelle Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51911683866805,"sku":"9781638042105","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4103a555-650e-40e8-97eb-52753034ceb7.jpg?v=1761057281","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/maryville-9781638042105","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}