{"product_id":"devour-me-again-the-poems-of-bambi-lake-9781643623061","title":"Devour Me, Again: The Poems of Bambi Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark collection of poems by Bambi Lake, the beloved (and bad-mouthed) icon of San Francisco's counterculture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBambi Lake was a trans chanteuse performer, provocateur, and countercultural darling of the '70s, and subsequent decades. \"The Glamorous Life follows me around,\" she wrote, and sang about in her ballad \"The Golden Age of Hustlers\" (later popularized by Justin Vivian Bond). Her life in San Francisco--including being on the fringes of the Cockettes, and a member of the adjacent Angels of Light--was \"sort of legendary,\" sort of \"sweet, sticky, nasty,\" and always precarious, lived in spite of addiction, homelessness, and the horrors that came from chasing and surviving her own desires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are her poems, long out of print, that wear \"burgundy velvet jezebel bras\" to seduce \"fatally hetero\" men, detailing the cabaret of desire amidst social, cultural, and political change. \"I am Beauty,\" she writes, \"and the world dissolves.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection includes a series of interviews by August Bernadicou, and a foreword by Brontez Purnell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bambi Lake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightboat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643623061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAugust Bernadicou\u003c\/b\u003e is the Executive Director of The LGBTQ History Project, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the lives and legacies of LGBTQ activists from the first wave of gay liberation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bambi Lake \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48840777138333,"sku":"9781643623061","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_032f3800-a1b6-431b-bc8f-4af2e3cfdc2b.jpg?v=1787726318","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/devour-me-again-the-poems-of-bambi-lake-9781643623061","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}