{"product_id":"love-and-fck-poems-by-koraly-dimitriadis","title":"Love and Fck Poems by Koraly Dimitriadis","description":"\u003cp\u003e*** Winner best book narrative poetry, Legacy Book Awards, American Book Fest, 2025\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted Poetry Book Awards (UK) 2024\u003cbr\u003eThe Australian poetry bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSexually repressed, separated Greek Girl on a rampage. There’s no love here just f--ks. But is she f--king him or f--king herself? Initially a self-published zine, which sold out repeatedly, Love and F--k Poems became a revamped Deluxe Edition book, and went on to be an Australian poetry bestseller, also translated into Greek. Love and F--k Poems continues to shock, captivate and enthral with this special ten-year anniversary edition, which incorporates Koraly’s original zine drawings. A trailblazing story told through poetry of migrant culture, divorce, repression, dating, relationships, love, and the maddening scurry to find the sexual self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I am so obsessed with Koraly. Her work is disarming, emotionally fearless and she sounds like nobody else alive. I will read her poetry forever.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e— Hera Lindsay Bird, bestselling poet, Pamper Me to Hell and Back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An emotional self-examination with a hand-mirror.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– AU Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the brightest stars in the new poetry scene…A traditionalist’s nightmare…searingly honest explorations of life…”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Junkee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A voice that literally demands to be heard.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Overland Literary Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Koraly Dimitriadis is a poet of the finest balance. She writes with the tenderness of a loving hand and a fist that smashes oppression.\" – Tony Birch, bestselling author, White Girl, and Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Love and F--k Poems is raw, audacious and courageous. Bravo!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Christos Tsiolkas, award-winning author, The Slap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wow. Dimitriadis pulls no punches here. This is armed-missile poetry.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Kate Holden, award-winning author, In my Skin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Blood, Fire, Love \u0026amp; Passion; scramble! Direct hit.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– TT.O., award-winning poet, 24 Hours\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The kind of honesty that can only come about after being wound-up, held writhing, repressed and silenced”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Disclaimer Magazine (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gutsy, defiant firecracker of a chapbook which demands to be read angrily out loud after half a bottle of red…An unashamed poetic celebration of one woman’s liberation from the chains of marital convention, sexual repression, and cultural obligation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– Maxine Beneba Clarke, award-winning author, The Hate Race\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Outside The Box Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42785142177869,"sku":"9780987277763","price":26.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/5784\/7373\/files\/9780987277763.jpg?v=1773945198","url":"https:\/\/theforbiddenchapter.au\/products\/love-and-fck-poems-by-koraly-dimitriadis","provider":"The Forbidden Chapter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}