07/27/2026
It's been over a year since we published the expanded, 3rd edition of Decay, a poetry collection co-written by publishers Conner Bouchard Roberts of Winter Texts and Chris Vega of Blue Cactus Press.
At the time, the work felt too personal/immediate to offer digitally, so we offered the book at in-person events, only. We wanted to offer the book to readers from our hands to theirs.
Now, over a year and a half later, it feels like the right time to offer Decay on our virtual platforms. You can now find decay online, here: https://bluecactuspress.com/product/decay/
We hope this helps our readers more easily access the work. In Chris' work, in particular, we see poems that give voice to the aches of gender dysmorphia, the invisibility of gender-based violence and oppression in the home, and the breakdown of gender and social norms through pregnancy and postpartum experiences as a Q***r body.
We hope Q***r readers who need those experiences talked about, visualized, and expressed, find some relief in this book. May it help move them toward self-liberation and full expression of their Q***rness.
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