Paperback | $19.95
His name is TIM. His mode is TMI, too much information. He is a queer poet who lives with parrots in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Concerned with definitions of truth and questions of what it means to write honestly about personal history, this book weaves anecdotes, horror tales, and self-deprecating humor to create a tapestry of memory and a catalogue of perceived reality. While he aims to understand the difference between confessional contemporary fiction and trauma dumping, TIM confides in his reader about secret histories and the events that have led to his self-acceptance as an asexual English teacher with eye trauma and an irrational fear of the original Willie Wonka movie. Backbends is Timothy Dyke’s “memoir with lies in it.” TIM tells his story without fear and with only a little bit of regret.
“Beautiful, terrifying, heartbreaking, and so funny. I will be thinking about this book for a long time.” —Lee Cataluna, author of Flowers of Hawai’i and People You Meet at Longs
Paperback | $19.95
His name is TIM. His mode is TMI, too much information. He is a queer poet who lives with parrots in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Concerned with definitions of truth and questions of what it means to write honestly about personal history, this book weaves anecdotes, horror tales, and self-deprecating humor to create a tapestry of memory and a catalogue of perceived reality. While he aims to understand the difference between confessional contemporary fiction and trauma dumping, TIM confides in his reader about secret histories and the events that have led to his self-acceptance as an asexual English teacher with eye trauma and an irrational fear of the original Willie Wonka movie. Backbends is Timothy Dyke’s “memoir with lies in it.” TIM tells his story without fear and with only a little bit of regret.
“Beautiful, terrifying, heartbreaking, and so funny. I will be thinking about this book for a long time.” —Lee Cataluna, author of Flowers of Hawai’i and People You Meet at Longs
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