Advice for Lovers
Julian Talamantez Brolaski · 2012
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About the book
Inspired by Ovid's instructional Ars Amatoria, with overtones of Renaissance sonnet cycles, <em>Advice for Lovers</em> is a unique and highly wrought volume of poems. Intricate in form but modern and tawdry in diction, Advice for Lovers walks a fine line between the anything-goes orthography of the Elizabethans and the shifting etymologies of Finnegans Wake. With the inclusion of trans- and third-gender pronouns, the work also argues for a proliferation of pronouns beyond a gendered dichotomy. Divided into two sections, "Advices" and "Nudisms," the book dispenses wisdom on timeless topics of love like "How to Transfigure the Body Utterly," "What to Do When the Muse Becomes Your Lover," and even "How to Leave Your Lover." Yet in the midst of its classical splendor we encounter more contemporary figures like Johnny Cash, Ricky Martin, and Jack Spicer. Sexy, kinky, disquieting, <em>Advice for Lovers</em> blazes an erotic trail into the 21st century.
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Series
- City Lights spotlight -- 7
- Publisher
- City Lights Books
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 90
- ISBN
- 9780872865815
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