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ISBN10: 1956046399
ISBN13: 9781956046397
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: May 20 2025
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781956046397
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: May 20 2025
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
The sophomore visual poetry collection from Sarah J. Sloat, whose Hotel Almighty was a 2020 NYT Editors' Choice pick.
Classic Crimes is a book of visual poetry sourced from William Roughead's true-crime 20th century classic of the same name. Roughead's text is known for its ghastly recountings of murder and deceit, though such gloom is barely detectable under Sloat's sharp eye and transformative hand. In these erasure poems, each adorned with its own colorful, meandering collage, public opinion [is] always willing to wink at the picturesque, and to sleep...[is] an interlude of little dinners. Where mayhem once lived, Sloat invites readers into a brand new world, one blooming with whimsy, play, delight, and cheeky, liberating poetics.
Classic Crimes is a book of visual poetry sourced from William Roughead's true-crime 20th century classic of the same name. Roughead's text is known for its ghastly recountings of murder and deceit, though such gloom is barely detectable under Sloat's sharp eye and transformative hand. In these erasure poems, each adorned with its own colorful, meandering collage, public opinion [is] always willing to wink at the picturesque, and to sleep...[is] an interlude of little dinners. Where mayhem once lived, Sloat invites readers into a brand new world, one blooming with whimsy, play, delight, and cheeky, liberating poetics.
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