"Violent Delights" is an anthology of stories that snakes through themes of grief, rage, desire, and identity. There are stories about the toxicity of addiction and growing up around religion; stories about overwhelming obsession, isolating abandonment, and empowering anthems of identity, and harsh lamentations of sexual violence. These are lived experiences, laid bare, claimed in every syllable, whether steeped in spite or arrogance, anger or anxiety.