In his sophomore book, Ray Shabir presents an almost religious celebration of pain, through the many lenses of pleasure. In these intimate, sometimes urgent poems, Ray retraces his steps back to his own origin of desire, to interrogate his own ideas of pleasure. For him, and perhaps quite a few of us, it starts with a wound that becomes our senses of what it’s like to want and be wanted. The poetry collection chronicles his way to reclaim his sense of self and find his relationship with ...

"A beautiful cabinet of organized memories that is chaos amid calmness." Jordan Marzuki, Publisher "Anxiously naked" Lucky Kuswandi, Film Director "Public Feelings unveils new layers of understanding, making it a literary gem that ages ages like fine wine" Fathia Izzati, Musician Sinopsis Buku: In his debut, Ray Shabir shines a spotlight on the Realm of his adolescence, before facing the inevitable truth of growing up. In Public Feelings & Other Acts, a collection of theatrical range ...