Supervillain Origin Story

Supervillain Origin Story is a poetry collection by Rick Dove that explores trauma, loss, and erasure, drawing strength from personal experiences and the pandemic era. It unsettles as it thrills, demonstrating the disruptive power of words.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 80 pages
Publication date: 25 May 2023
Publisher: Burning Eye Books

Supervillain Origin Story is a playful, rebellious, and frequently inflammatory examination of trauma, loss, and erasure. Drawing strength and forging defiant triumph from the myriad provocations that could spin a soul into darkness, but somehow didn't. Dove's sophomore poetry collection weaves the ethereal from the light falling through cracked panes, taking inspiration from both personal experiences and the political turmoil of the pandemic era, to create a collection that unsettles as it thrills. Echoing his educational psychologist's advice to "Use your words," Rick Dove picks up diverse narrative strands touching on queer love, reconciling abusive relationships, and demanding social justice. Dove's Supervillain Origin Story effectively demonstrates just how disruptive words can be. No one was harmed in the creation of this collection.

Dove's sophomore poetry collection weaves the ethereal from the light falling through cracked panes, taking inspiration from both personal experiences and the political turmoil of the pandemic era, to create a collection that unsettles as it thrills.

Echoing his educational psychologist's advice to "Use your words," Rick Dove picks up diverse narrative strands touching on queer love, reconciling abusive relationships, and demanding social justice. Dove's Supervillain Origin Story effectively demonstrates just how disruptive words can be.

Weight: 112g
Dimension: 127 x 198 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781913958459