Holy Boys

Author: Ordorica, Andres N.

Bilingualism & multilingualism

Published on 3 April 2025 by Birlinn General (Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 112 pages
129 x 198 x 12 | 106g

Holy Boys seeks to address the lingering echoes of adolescence and the pains of living a life in the shadows of unspeakable desires and all-consuming longing. These poems are a means of finding language in youth, gathering experience in pubescence, and serving as testament to survival in a world that demands silences throughout queer life.

These poems are an archive which maps physical desire and emotional needs while pushing past dogma and self-hating. They are a means of naming the many lovers and loved ones who have helped move the speaker from boyhood into manhood. This is a collection that is informed by faith, sexuality, loss and love, a celebration of the growing pains that eventually allow us to unfurl into whole beings.