Summary
This volume of poems sends up the notion of the "gay gene" that made headlines in the early 1990s. Here, the language of science is used with satirical effect to explore gender and sexuality.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Burning Deck Books
Published date: 2001
Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.1 pounds
Pages: 20
Publisher's Notes
XQ28 is a satric response to the so-called "gay gene" that made headlines in 1993. Noting that no genetic marker for "lesbianism" has been found, the poem quickly becomes ensnared in footnotes. Mock-inquiries into the biology of lesbianism in the vocabulary of genetics and linguistics result in a hybrid world where the category of "woman" is a "dense, fibrous tissue."More concerned with codes of conduct than with genetic codes, XQ28 does not take sides on the nature/nurture question as much as it plays around in the ideological context of the debate.
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