Are you looking for poetry inspired by Gregg Araki, secret sex clubs, and kayfabe? Then get ready to celebrate the release of Amber Isaac’s debut collection, Peppermint!
Joining Amber will be poet Melanie Robinson, Infrarrealista Review’s favorite LA transplant. After the reading, stick around for audience Q&A and a book signing. Both poetry and non-poetry questions are welcome!
Make sure to stay to get your launch-exclusive “I want sexy words in Georgia font” tank top. Red and white outfits are encouraged, but not necessary.
Peppermint is Amber Isaac’s debut full-length poetry collection. Peppermint is for the queers raised on farms, horror for movie lovers, and for anyone who has fallen in love with the Coca Cola bottles your lover leaves behind on the nightstand.
Peppermint guides you through the speaker’s childhood memories in rural Missouri, the haunting and erotic scenes from films that stay with the speaker, memories of fucking in a cemetery while struggling to pay the rent, and subtle moments that led to the discovery of her queer trans identity.
References include but are not limited to: In Cold Blood, Alien, Goodfellas, poppers, kayfabe, Magic the Gathering, Prince, Goya, Steve McQueen, Taylor Swift t-shirts, Avril Lavigne, and Gregg Araki.
ABOUT THE READERS
Amber Isaac is a queer transwoman from the Midwest. She is the Reviews Editor at Infrarrealista Review. Her works include Peppermint (Plancha Press) and Remember the Internet: r/WatchPeopleDie (forthcoming from Instar Books).
Melanie Robinson: As a poet, writer, educator and owner of a small content writing business, every aspect of Melanie’s creative and professional work is steeped in a reverence for communication. They hold an MFA in poetry from Texas State University and was the 2019-2020 Poet in Resident at the Clark House in Smithville, Texas. They have been published by Kingfisher Magazine, Rust + Moth, Radar, Roanoke Review, Hooligan Magazine, and more. Melanie now lives in Los Angeles.
