Overview

Over the course of 25 poems, Tomatoes Beverly explores the connection between the written word and the auditory environment of its creation. Intentionally curating a single-artist soundtrack for each poem, Perry underscores the otherwise subconscious influence our surroundings have on what we put back into the world. Throughout the collection, these musical influences cast their shadows on Perry's usual obsessions-isolation, longing, and visions of their alleviation-within the forests, beaches, and technological dystopias of the Pacific Northwest.

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Alix Perry's Tomatoes Beverly is a beautiful journey-with pieces both deeply personal and equally relatable. With an undercurrent of a love of music and artistry guiding them, Alix's words are affecting and powerful. -Cheryl Waters & Meerah Powell, Host & Producer of the KEXP Midday Show ""Tempt me with a spare story,"" writes Perry, and tempt they do: Tomatoes Beverly captivates with a fusion of formative and powerfully queer tunes by Lucy Dacus, Moses Sumney, Neko Case, and other icons, and imagery both fresh and familiar as memory. -[sarah] Cavar, author of Failure to Comply This is a collection of poems that stripped me bare and made me confront parts of myself I'd forgotten existed. Perry has a way of exposing both the tenderness and pain of being a person... No matter how Perry plays with formatting, the rhythm of each piece moves like music... One of my favorite poems of Perry's, ""When the Lights Go / Against Your Mind,"" says it best: ""I have my own dreams too, you know?"" -Ire Coburn, staff reader at The Circus Collective

Author Information

Alix Perry is a trans writer from the Pacific Northwest. Their work has been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology and can be found in The Shore, The B'K, beestung, and elsewhere. Tomatoes Beverly is their debut poetry chapbook. Follow their work at alixperrywriting.com and @_alixperry_ on social media.

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