j/j hastain’s new book, the ulterior eden, has just been released by Otoliths and can be previewed and purchased here.
Elizabeth Robinson says: “‘the ulterior eden’ presents us with a Contemporary Song of Songs in which allegory is subverted by eros into a more explicit and boldly unconventional passion. Large with life and ecstatic with the ‘names and innumerable sensations’ of adoration, this communion joins beloved and beloved in the erotic chaos of a ‘newest pronoun.’ j/j hastain makes this pact of bounty both politically and spiritually charged, shaping poetry’s intimacies as a means through which we can ‘mature all historical / grief / into luminosity.’”
The poems look great! & will be sure to ad to j/j’s already impressive project.
56 pgs / $11.75 / well-worth checking out . . .
j/j hastain is the author of the forthcoming long past the presence of common (SAY IT WITH STONES) and a regular contributor to SOUS LES PAVÉS. You can learn more about j/j at pleth’s website.
