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Cupid, Grown by Adam Panichi Karen Smith I noticed how much closerCupid, Grown by Adam Panichi is an exploration of queer identity, desire, and memory, rendered with sharp lyricism and cinematic intimacy. Moving between past and present, myth and the everyday, the collection navigates the tensions of masculinity, tenderness, and self recognition. Panichi unravels personal and cultural histories where gender is both inherited and reshaped, love is a battleground and a sanctuary, and language itself becomes a site of