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Under My Skin
Orville Lloyd Douglas, 2014
Guernica Editions
80 pp.
ISBN-13: 9781550718492
Summary
Under My Skin is an incendiary collection of poetry which explores the life of a gay black man. The collection is semi-autobiographical and is separated into six sections. The poems explore taboo subjects such as a discussion about male homosexuality in the black community.
Under My Skin also looks at the conflict Douglas has with his Canadian identity. Many of poems ask what does it mean to be a Canadian? Is it just about skin colour? Are Canadian people only white? The poems also challenge the ideology that gay male sexuality should be hidden and not in the public sphere.