Burning

Burning: poems for resistance was written between 2016 and 2025, spanning the country from California to Massachusetts. Themes include San Francisco, queer resilience and joy, political rage and more. Avery Cassell's poems have been described as lush, lyrical, and revolutionary.

The poems in Burning are an act of resistance. Let Burning inspire you to resist and rise up! Be brazen, be unbroken, and be beautiful!