Description
Functional Adult
Book Summary
In Functional Adult, Gloria Fortún unfurls a collection of poems that explores the contradictions of inhabiting a dissident body in the contemporary world. Through a poetic voice that moves between the domestic and the wild, the author reflects on maturity, desire, and identity from a lesbian and fat perspective. This book offers an intimate and powerful look at the experience of being a woman, a mother, and a daughter, where tenderness coexists with anger and spirituality meets daily chores. A work that celebrates disobedience as a way of life and reclaims the complexity of existing outside the norm.
What is it about?
The poetry collection is constructed as a border body that inhabits seemingly irreconcilable opposites: youth and old age, vulnerability and strength, intimacy and public exposure. Gloria Fortún addresses the experience of being a "fat lesbian lady" as an act of resistance and affirmation. The verses travel through motherhood and lineage, friendship and heartbreak, grief and hope, integrating everyday elements like washing machines with spiritual and literary reflections. The work draws on references to revered writers and ancestral goddesses, while questioning social mandates regarding the body, love, and adulthood. Each poem reveals a will for desire to overcome the norm, in a poetic journey where everything can be true at once.
Main Themes
- Bodily and sexual dissidence as a lived and reclaimed experience.
- Female maturity from a lesbian and non-normative perspective.
- The tension between the domestic and the wild, the mundane and the spiritual.
- Motherhood and the relationship with one's own mother as axes of identity.
- Desire, tenderness, and anger as forces that permeate existence.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in contemporary poetry that addresses LGBTQ+ themes, especially from a lesbian and dissident perspective. It is also for those seeking a poetic reflection on adulthood, the fat body, and the construction of identity outside of established canons. Recommended for lovers of visceral, intimate, and political poetry that is not afraid to explore the contradictions of daily life.
What this book offers
- An original poetic look at the experience of being a woman, fat, and lesbian in maturity.
- The integration of the domestic and the spiritual as legitimate spaces for reflection and creation.
- An authentic voice that celebrates disobedience and the complexity of desire.
- A dialogue between literary tradition and the most radical creative freedom.
- The reclamation of tenderness and anger as political and poetic emotions.
Technical Specifications
- Author: FORTUN, GLORIA
- Publisher: DOS BIGOTES
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: POETRY BY INDIVIDUAL POETS, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY FICTION
- Collection: DOS BIGOTES
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication Date: February 2025
- Number of pages: 136
- Weight: 310 g
Editorial Review
Functional Adult consolidates Gloria Fortún as a relevant voice within contemporary dissident poetry in Spanish. The work stands out for its ability to articulate the personal and the political without renouncing lyrical complexity. Her focus on the adult experience from a lesbian and fat perspective offers a rare viewpoint in the current poetic landscape. The book will be especially valuable for readers seeking poetry committed to the exploration of marginalized identities and the celebration of life in all its contradiction.