Real Boys by Thomas Stewart Robert Frost that can dance in the

that can dance in the syllables and still have world and experience in its sights

’ – Lloyd Rees

Finland and Cologne

assertion and induced distraction

Acoustic shadows—sound suppressed in such a way that even General Grant was deceived by one at the Battle of Iuka in the American Civil War—complicate the lives of many figures appearing in these poems

Real Boys by Thomas Stewart Robert Frost that can dance in theIn his debut collection, Real Boys, Thomas Stewart examines the death of his father and explores questions of grief, guilt, mental health, identity, sexuality and masculinity. As these poems unfold, a hallway of mirrors is created. Through the lens of father son relationships, cinema, art and Welsh mythology are expanded and rethought. This collection grapples with what it means to be a father, a son and a self. Subverting the notions of gender,