This elegance / Derrick Austin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Austin, Derrick, 1989- Author.

Series:

American poets continuum series ; v. 222.

American poets continuum series ; no. 222

Language:

English

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

85 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, Ltd, 2026.

Summary:

"This Elegance is a poetic meditation on beauty, pleasure, and transcendence in a time of collective uncertainty. These poems respond to solitude, grief, and fear with a radical inward turn-seeking ecstasy, presence, and the reclamation of self. Interweaving the sacred and the erotic, This Elegance engages with visual arts through the concept of sacra conversazione ("sacred conversation"), a style of Renaissance painting that imagines divine communion across time and space. Here, artists, thinkers, and pop icons commune in a similar sacred dialogue-Kathleen Collins, André Leon Talley, Richmond Barthé, Lyle Ashton Harris, Juan de Pareja, Janelle Monáe, Symone, and others appear as guiding spirits and creative kin. For a Black, queer body so often dislocated from time and place, pleasure becomes an act of resistance-a grounding in the now. This Elegance is a love song-an offering to Black artistry, a tribute to visionary lives, and a testament to the power of beauty in even our most precarious moments"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version Austin, Derrick, 1989- This elegance

ISBN:

9781960145949

1960145940

9781960145963

1960145967

OCLC:

1528514516