Real Boys by Thomas Stewart NHS Two moves from memory-scapes of

Two moves from memory-scapes of childhood to elegies for her mother

persons and places

across French flaps and then continues inside the front and back covers of the book

” “Dragon lines at Culbone

Real Boys by Thomas Stewart NHS Two moves from memory-scapes ofIn his debut collection, Real Boys, Thomas Stewart examines the death of his father and explores questions of grief, guilt, mental health, identity, sexuality and masculinity. As these poems unfold, a hallway of mirrors is created. Through the lens of father son relationships, cinema, art and Welsh mythology are expanded and rethought. This collection grapples with what it means to be a father, a son and a self. Subverting the notions of gender,