A Ghost Has No Fantasies
Through haunting poetry and prose, A Ghost Has No Fantasies illuminates the forgotten voices of LGBTQ+ individuals who suffered under Nazi persecution. Drawing from archival documents, survivor testimonies, and Gestapo files, Christian Bancroft weaves together the intimate stories of those imprisoned under Paragraph 175 and beyond — gay men, lesbians, and transgender individuals whose experiences have long remained in the shadows of Holocaust memory.
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Early Praise
“Christian Bancroft has produced a kaleidoscopic work of docupoetics, vast in its scope and historical vision… Brilliant, inventive, and deeply moving.”
— Kevin Prufer
“Drawing from testimonies, oral histories, legal records, and memoirs, Christian Bancroft has crafted a devastating chorus of voices…”
— Roberto Tejada
“A triumphant project of reclamation and exaltation. Bancroft holds both terror and desire in his hand simultaneously, and does not burn.”
— Robin Coste Lewis