Burning: poems for resistance

The poems in Burning: poems for resistance were written in San Francisco and Western Massachusetts between 2016 and 2025. They smolder with rage, passion, queer resilience, and joy -- finding lyrical beauty within a harsh world. Wild and lush,
Burning will give you hope. Let these poems inspire you to resist and rise up! Be brazen, be unbroken, and be beautiful! 96 pages.

Cassell's awards include a Poet's Seat finalist award for "LA is Burning", a Lambda finalist award for Resistance: The LGBT Fight Against Fascism in WWII and the National Leather Association 2020 Pauline Reage Novel Award for The Solstice Gift.