In Furniture Music, Montreal luminary Gail Scott chronicles her
years in Lower Manhattan during the Obama era, in a community of
poets at the junction between formally radical and political art.
Immersing herself in a New York topography that includes St.
Mark’s Poetry Project and the Bowery Poetry Club, Scott writes
from a ‘Northern’ awareness that is both immediate and
inquisitive, from Obama’s election to Occupy Wall Street and
Hurricane Sandy. Here, readers are situated in conversations around
citizenship, gender performance, class, race, feminism and what it
means to write now. Scott’s project is polyvocal, also resonating
with the voices of a host of earlier writers and philosophers,
notably, Gertrude Stein, Viktor Shklovsky, Walter Benjamin. The
result is a staggering work of insight and hope during a critical
time in American politics and art.Â
General
Imprint: |
Wave Books
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Gail Scott
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Dimensions: |
152 x 215mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-950268-86-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-950268-86-1 |
Barcode: |
9781950268863 |
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