Ace Theory: An Essay in Fragments about Asexuality

Current opinion always holds asexuality to be invisible. Hence the notion of a happy, gentle, jubilant asexuality is never to be found in any text. Where are we to read it, then?

In this revelatory essay-in-fragments, critically acclaimed poet Ryan Fitzpatrick works through the ways in which they have interfaced with a sexual world as an asexual person. Often defined as the orientation of those who don't experience sexual attraction, asexuality is tied to a shared logic wherein our lives are...