OUR BODIES & OTHER FINE MACHINES, FIRST EDITION

Poetry, Words Dance Publishing, 2016
OUT OF PRINT

FEATURED

“30 Books by 30 Queer Canadian Writers,” Room Magazine

“65 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way in 2020,” Autostraddle

praise

“A rare kind of bravery.” —The Literary Review

”Wee writes about anyone and everyone in a collection that is not hers, rather, it is ours.” —The Rising Phoenix Review

“Beauty with devastating precision.” —Winter Tangerine

“Pure music.” —The Columbia Poetry Review

“When Wee surprises, she does so with astonishing clarity.” —The Missing Slate

“Natalie Wee’s Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines is a roadmap. Of words, yes. Of well crafted images (“your name tucked under my tongue, an unraveling string that pulls & pulls.") But more than just that, this book thrills and pulls you in, showing you a history, a lineage, an invitation into Wee’s room, both in its cleanest and messiest moments. This is a stunning work by a powerful writer. The work in this book grabs on to all of the right emotions, and never lets go.”
—Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib, Author of The Crown Ain't Worth Much

“This debut is breathtaking. Wee’s writing drops you into her world and you do not want to leave. Her portrait of girlhood from an outsider still feels as intimate and relentlessly soft as any old Polaroid plucked from your mother’s scrapbook. Our Bodies & Other Fine Machines is a bouquet arranged with every blossom and thorn for us to witness.”
—Alex Dang!, Author of Are You Proud of Me?

“Natalie Wee’s writing is indicative of a wordsmith-master utilizing all her tools with precision. Our Bodies and Other Fine Machines tells tales of hurt, pain, lust, love and all that lurks between leaving the “unsayable hung in our mouths.”
—Chelene Knight, Managing Editor of Room Magazine

“Illuminating myriad ways queer women of color are silenced, dismissed, and unseen, she uses her vibrant voice as a call to attention. These pages are alive with determination to be heard, seen, understood. There is an urgency here one cannot escape, expressed entirely in Wee’s own careful and knowing language. More than remarkable, this book is necessary.”
—Jeanann Verlee, Author of Racing Hummingbirds & Said the Manic to the Muse