Patrick Milian
is a Seattle-based writer and teacher. He is the author of The Unquiet Country, from Entre Ríos Books.
Releases
The Unquiet Country
Entre Ríos Books
“The Unquiet Country explores the history and relationships of French sisters, pianists, and composers Lili and Nadia Boulanger. The collection isn't their poetic biography, but a queering of their biography, a contemplation on illness, fame, or its absence, and ultimately, power. It raises the question of how we can attain power for ourselves in a patriarchal and anti-queer society. In counterpoint with the Boulangers' lives, Milian employs a multivocal approach to delve into divas, femme-fatales, and his own history as a queer, poz Cuban-American.” (from the publisher)
Undead Disco: Variations on a Theme
in Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing with the AIDS Crisis (ed. Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore)
Arsenal Pulp Press
“It is the achievement of the book Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore has assembled that each of its many writers, regardless of age or circumstance, takes grief and fear seriously, recognizes history, dreams of a better future, and offers models of love that are not solely models of death.” (from the Chicago Review of Books)
Pornographies
Chapbook from Greying Ghost
"Sex is not unlike a nuclear weapon; the fallout from both can be devastating and take years to untangle. But both are enjoyable to an extent; sex is, well, sex, albeit digital or fleshy, and, while I've never seen a mushroom cloud in real life, I'd imagine I'd be shocked and awed with the best of them. Pornographies is Patrick Milian's essay that explains these nuances through gritty and unfathomably brilliant lyrics. Leave your inhibitions on the floor." (from the publisher)