Amanda paradise Resurrect extinct vibration

"We are too fragile for the/ world we are making," writes CAConrad in the riveting latest installment to their "(soma)tic poetry rituals," which respond to interpersonal violence and damage to the earth. These pages explore extinction and the "vibrations" of species which have been lost: "telling someone who they are/ instead of asking is where/ extinction gets its start." The language takes on small but sinuous shapes separate from the page's left margin, and many are love poems written in a collage-like style. The epic sequence "72 Corona Transmutations" reflects on intimacy and mourning as shaped by the AIDS crisis and Covid-19. "All I have ever wanted was to/ forge the English language into/ a spear," CAConrad writes, but not in order to harm others; instead, they desire their own transformation, to "drive it into my heart." This book cements CAConrad as a deeply original voice committed to plumbing humanity's plights in unusual ways. (Sept.)

my grandmother Pearl said throw your wallet away the moment you lose your job there were many excuses for losing jobs where I grew up she was the only person in my family in the 1980s who asked about my dying lovers and friends she said to me after a week with 3 funerals there was a beginning to this pain now you know the middle but the end too must show itself when you survive this love will destroy all doubt Excerpted from Amanda Paradise by CAConrad All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.