![]() ![]() ![]() I remember well that shock of self-recognition, opening something in the shop and gulping down the words that might just liberate me. There were radical zines, publications from beyond the UK - tantalising perspectives that confirmed my hunch that the world is more than it's made out to be. I was trying to uncover myself by exposing myself to ideas and influences that were otherwise unavailable, or transgressive, or hidden, or forbidden to me. It was also a bit scary, plucking up courage to walk in, certainly at first. Jay: Oh, radical bookshops! Mushroom in Nottingham was a lifeline for me as a nascent queer teen in the 1980s. Did these places of comfort and discovery inspire you to continue to discover yourself through poetry? Peach: The poem ‘radical’ speaks of cracking open our identities, and this feels personal to us as a (radical) bookshop. ![]()
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