Rubber Ring

Autorentext

s a poet, James is widely published in poetry journals and magazines including Poetry Wales, Cardiff Review, Ink Sweat & Tears and 14 Poems. His debut spoken word poetry collection 'Manatomy' is published by Burning Eye Books and was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2021. James's pamphlet 'Erased' is published by Polari Press. James's new pamphlet of queer nature poems, 'Green Apple Red', will be released by Broken Sleep Books in September 2022. James's second full-length collection 'Wild Life' will be released in June 2023. James is currently writing his third collection exploring grief after losing his anti-vaxxer father to COVID-19.

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'Where can I 'explore' by the coast? Rock pools. I can't get onto Grindr and Tinder: there's no 4G in Norfolk. The whole world is a singles bar now but I can't get in. I am sick of feeling like a story that will never get told.' Jimmy is sixteen, sexually confused and stuck in the seaside town they forgot to bomb. He's screwed. Well he isn't actually: that's the problem... When pop icon Morrissey comes to London, Jimmy flees to the big city to find his hero and himself. Rubber Ring is a coming of age comedy solo play about growing up queer in a rural community, learning to love yourself, love your roots and love without labels.