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Autobiography of Red
Perfect if you want a love story told in fragments and flame.
Synopsis
“He came after Homer and before the vibrator.”
A retelling of the myth of Geryon and Herakles—only Geryon is a red-winged boy, queer, lonely, and full of longing. This is part epic, part verse novel, part broken autobiography.
Carson doesn’t retell a myth—she re-feels it. From the inside.
Mood:
queer · mythic · lyrical
Tone:
poetic · mournful · radiant
It Feels Like
Body:
felt in the solar plexus and the throat—burned, then whispered over
Tempo:
flickering and fluid
Texture:
porous and glowing, like a cracked ember that still pulses
A Little Taste
“He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet. He belonged to no school, he imitated no one, he had no successors. He is an occasion.”
“Geryon’s dream began red. A light so thick it was like breathing in a strawberry — Geryon leaned forward — it poured down over his head and shoulders. He put out his tongue. ‘Delicious,’ somebody said.”
The Aftertaste
Longing in its most ancient and modern form
Language used like a wound
That mythology isn’t old—it’s happening inside you
Peel With a Drink
To be read with a young red—unfiltered, wild, slightly volcanic. Think Etna Rosso, grown on lava rock, bright and trembling with acidity.
It tastes like jealousy. Like someone looking away when you needed them to stay. Like fruit that wanted to be fire.
Perfect for when you fall in love with someone dangerous and pretend you’re not.
Peel With a Reel
My Own Private Idaho (1991, dir. Gus Van Sant) A dreamlike road movie through queer desire, memory lapses, and the ache of unrequited love. A boy and his volcano, always about to erupt.
I Am Easy to Find (2019, dir. Mike Mills) A life in fragments, voiced by many, held together by music and memory. Strange, lyrical, and tender in all the ways a body can be plural.
Peel with a Beat
Peel me a Book
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Carmen Maria Machado
for more queer myth, fractured form, and pain made tender.
Let's Peel
Autobiography of Red
Perfect if you want a love story told in fragments and flame.
Synopsis
“He came after Homer and before the vibrator.”
A retelling of the myth of Geryon and Herakles—only Geryon is a red-winged boy, queer, lonely, and full of longing. This is part epic, part verse novel, part broken autobiography.
Carson doesn’t retell a myth—she re-feels it. From the inside.
Mood:
queer · mythic · lyrical
Tone:
poetic · mournful · radiant
It Feels Like
Body:
felt in the solar plexus and the throat—burned, then whispered over
Tempo:
flickering and fluid
Texture:
porous and glowing, like a cracked ember that still pulses
A Little Taste
“He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet. He belonged to no school, he imitated no one, he had no successors. He is an occasion.”
“Geryon’s dream began red. A light so thick it was like breathing in a strawberry — Geryon leaned forward — it poured down over his head and shoulders. He put out his tongue. ‘Delicious,’ somebody said.”
The Aftertaste
Longing in its most ancient and modern form
Language used like a wound
That mythology isn’t old—it’s happening inside you
Peel With a Drink
To be read with a young red—unfiltered, wild, slightly volcanic. Think Etna Rosso, grown on lava rock, bright and trembling with acidity.
It tastes like jealousy. Like someone looking away when you needed them to stay. Like fruit that wanted to be fire.
Perfect for when you fall in love with someone dangerous and pretend you’re not.
Peel With a Reel
My Own Private Idaho (1991, dir. Gus Van Sant) A dreamlike road movie through queer desire, memory lapses, and the ache of unrequited love. A boy and his volcano, always about to erupt.
I Am Easy to Find (2019, dir. Mike Mills) A life in fragments, voiced by many, held together by music and memory. Strange, lyrical, and tender in all the ways a body can be plural.
Peel with a Beat
Peel me a Book
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