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This elegance / Derrick Austin.
Van Pelt Library PS3601.U857 T48 2026
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- 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
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