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Bijoux in the Dark
Contributor(s): Yau, John (Author)

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ISBN: 0988713780     ISBN-13: 9780988713789
Publisher: Letter Machine Editions
OUR PRICE: $15.20  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: April 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - Asian American
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.9" W x 8.9" L (0.60 lbs) 152 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
 
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Publisher Description:
Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. At the conclusion of BIJOUX IN THE DARK, John Yau states, I did not write a hauntingly beautiful book. A line that contrasts with the book's introductory poem, in which hauntings and beauty abound. With all of BIJOUX IN THE DARK, the answer is multifaceted as Yau disavows pretension and expectation and instead heeds a candor beyond categorization. Sonnets and pantoums abound alongside graffiti and Top Ten lists. Yau's work veers from satire, ekphrasis, and homage to imagined histories, surreal dimensions, and Egyptology. The book's list of characters includes Albrecht Durer, Hieronymus Bosch, Francis Bacon, Mark Wahlberg, Donald Trump, Dante, and Meng Chiao. Yet, from this miscellany there comes an ingenious whole deft in its wit and bite. Here John Yau is at home with the quirky and the profound, and any combination thereof.

Contributor Bio(s): Yau, John: - John Yau is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and criticism. He is the arts editor of The Brooklyn Rail and teaches art criticism at Mason Gross School of the Arts and Rutgers University. He lives in the Garment District neighborhood in New York City. Letter Machine Editions published his chapbook Exhibits as well as his full-length collection, BIJOUX IN THE DARK (2018).
 
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