Books by Steven Reigns
The hidden history of a vulnerable gay man whose life and death was turned into tabloid fodder.
3-PACK JACK is a titillating three-book set anthologizing a recent queer performance series curated and hosted by Steven Reigns. Delight in performance photos by Matt Baume alongside the monologues, scripts, and transcriptions from each event. Book Design & Production: Christopher Kardambikis | Darin Klein | Steven Reigns
$20 – Standard Edition
Full-color three-book set; bound with a fold-out poster of a vintage jockstrap advertisement.
The autobiographical poems of Steven Reigns' INHERITANCE introduce us to the gains and losses of a true American family and detail the bequests of the shadows that linger. Reigns glosses over nothing to reveal what he has been given and the secrets that turn suburbia into a coming-of-age battlefield.
Hooray for this collection of poems--voices released into a world that has needed them for so long.
— Marie HoweI
In this chapbook, Steven Reigns unpacks and explores the historical mistreatment of specific elephants. These dark poems tell a larger story of mob mentality, cruelty, desire for freedom, and how we treat what was once sacred.
In Cartography, Reigns charts his friendship with Michael Colleli. Written at the time of his death, the writings are full of loss, reminiscence, pain, and the joy of their friendship. This ten part non-lineal poem addresses the universals of loss, the material, faulty memory, and friendship bonds. Reigns plays cartographer in this poem as he charts his way through his shock and grief.
A compilation of Reigns' writings on his first time with a man. The works range from a journal entry written the evening of the event on December 4, 1992 to a poem completed in July of 2005.
Your Dead Body is My Welcome Mat is a brillant and courageous act of truth telling and art. This book will break your heart and then pick up the pieces and put it back together again.
- Sapphire