A new and selected collection of poetry from a legend of San Francisco's literary community.
From the early days of Gay Liberation to innovations in contemporary verse, Aaron Shurin's has been a singular voice in American poetry. His work has unwaveringly maintained lyric presence while at the same time utilizing narrative tensions and structural constraints-especially in his chosen form of the prose poem. His queer eye has never wavered-yet his has never been a poetry confined to one audience, one mode. Elixir draws from a dozen books over a period of fifty years, presciently investigating issues of gender, homosexuality, identity, and subjectivity, via ecstatic diction, luxurious sound-scape, creative grammar, and radical form.
| ISBN: | 9781643622767 |
| Publication date: | 31st July 2025 |
| Author: | Aaron Shurin |
| Publisher: | Nightboat Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
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Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss Urban communities |
A new and selected collection of poetry from a legend of San Francisco's literary community.
From the early days of Gay Liberation to innovations in contemporary verse, Aaron Shurin's has been a singular voice in American poetry. His work has unwaveringly maintained lyric presence while at the same time utilizing narrative tensions and structural constraints-especially in his chosen form of the prose poem. His queer eye has never wavered-yet his has never been a poetry confined to one audience, one mode. Elixir draws from a dozen books over a period of fifty years, presciently investigating issues of gender, homosexuality, identity, and subjectivity, via ecstatic diction, luxurious sound-scape, creative grammar, and radical form.
Elixir features in the following genres: Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Urban communities
Elixir is available in Paperback
Elixir was written by Aaron Shurin and published by Nightboat Books
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