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kellylynnthomas's review against another edition
4.0
Proxy is a collection of connected prose poems that map queer desire and sexuality. Doyle holds nothing back, and describes the sex she has with women and the occasional man in fine detail. While some might view this sort of erotic writing as crass, they are just plain wrong.
This book is an important owning of queer sex. We see depictions of straight sex on TV and in movies all the time--even in books. We are even seeing more kinky sex in this popular media, but we rarely see two women having sex, or two men having sex, of any kind, in any kind of media. It's fine to talk about LGBTQ relationships and equality, but rarely do we see frank discussions of SEX.
Doyle lays it all out in all its complex, horny glory, and she does it in a language that is fresh and perfect. It is serious but not pretentious, messy but well-crafted. I highly recommend it.
This book is an important owning of queer sex. We see depictions of straight sex on TV and in movies all the time--even in books. We are even seeing more kinky sex in this popular media, but we rarely see two women having sex, or two men having sex, of any kind, in any kind of media. It's fine to talk about LGBTQ relationships and equality, but rarely do we see frank discussions of SEX.
Doyle lays it all out in all its complex, horny glory, and she does it in a language that is fresh and perfect. It is serious but not pretentious, messy but well-crafted. I highly recommend it.
meganmilks's review against another edition
4.0
read this for my queer/trans book club in madison. a steamy read! desire desire desire. the proximal. anonymous cast of lovers as proxy for the beloved; writing as proxy for love/sex; use of second person, another proxy. here the "you" is the lover, not the beloved.
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