My Body is Paper: Stories and Poems

"Cuadros died of AIDS in 1996, two years after chronicling the disease in City of God, a book of poems and stories about queer Los Angeles. His belated follow-up takes the same form, with the same bracing urgency."—The New York Times

"Without doubt one of the sexiest and most important writers I've ever read."—Justin Torres, author of Blackouts

"My Body Is Paper is a testament to the unrelenting literary magic of Gil Cuadros. Through poetry and prose, Cuadros holds a mirror up to California,...