Autopsy (of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob) - (poems of rage, love, sex, and sadness)

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Writer, director, and actor Avan Jogia delivers a bright and acidic poetry collection on fame, rage, love, and sadness. A biting postmortem of the modern age, for fans of Lana Del Rey and Atticus.

Avan Jogia grew up as a teen idol. He stumbled into the spotlight during the birth of the internet, the early days of Instagram and Twitter, before everyone online was a star. He spent his time in that spotlight writing, observing the cult of celebrity, the hilarity, the absurdity, and sometimes sinister side of being idolized before you’ve even had the chance to decide for yourself who you are.

Now, in his most revealing and honest work to date, he has assembled a book of poems as an act of self-dissection. Part boozy lovesick rage and part personal reflection on the nature of fame, Autopsy (of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob) is a sharp, tantalizing collection of poems examining Avan’s relationship with ego, idolatry, love as an act of worship, rage as an act of prayer, and sadness as confession.

Through vivid imagery (and sometimes startling honesty) Avan cuts himself open and observes the false gods he has worshipped, the ways he has sinned, and exhumes a version of himself that looks like someone we all know: a person searching for the means to cure pain, mend the wounds of insecurity, and satiate cravings for love.

About the author

Avan Jogia is an artist whose work spans film, writing, and music. He is also the author of Mixed Feelings. Follow him on Instagram @Jogia and on TikTok @Avan.Jogia.

Summary

Writer, producer, actor, and former teen star Avan Jogia delivers a glimmering, no-holds-barred poetry collection on the intricacies, challenges, and oddities of fame, for readers of Lana Del Rey and Jennette McCurdy.

Product details

• Authors: Avan Jogia, To Be Confirmed Gallery
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.03.2025
• EAN: 9781668062272
• ISBN: 978-1-6680-6227-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 411 g
• Illustrations: 2-c t-o, 4-c printed ends
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, POETRY / American / General, Individual actors & performers, Poetry by individual poets, Modern and contemporary poetry (c 1900 onwards), Individual actors and performers, book; nonfiction, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs