The Idea of an Entire Life by Billy-Ray Belcourt PRE-ORDER The Language of Eldorado At the heart of the

At the heart of the collection is a sequence

and utterly worth fighting for

winner of the Whitbread/Costa prize

Corner Shop Cowgirl is a highly unusual mix of verse which manages to see the declining industrial communities of Teesside often through the lens of the USA’s famous Wild West

mother and daughter settle into their new life in Elsie’s rackety house

The Idea of an Entire Life by Billy-Ray Belcourt PRE-ORDER The Language of Eldorado At the heart of thePublished 9th September 2025. Available for pre order. When I wrote my first book of poetry, I wrote from a place of desperation. I wanted very desperately to live a full queer Indigenous life and I wasn't sure if I would attain it. The Idea of an Entire Life began with the realization that I have that life now and so I wanted to think through the ways a queer Indigenous life is hampered by history but nonetheless full of possibility. What will the