A new poetry collection from award-winning author Michael Chang A vital breath of life arrives in American poetry with
Synthetic Jungle, the latest collection from acclaimed poet Michael Chang. With poems in a register both hilarious and scathing,
Synthetic Jungleeffortlessly bashes convention while simultaneously rebuilding the language we use to communicate our fears and joys.
Synthetic Jungleis a collection written by a brilliant jester who winks at you as you catch their every reference before sharing a laugh at your own self-satisfaction. Themes of identity, sexuality, and literacy play out in a dizzying rhythm of microtheaters. Readers will find themselves giggling, snorting, and guffawing their way through this work: whether at a repudiation of the literary landscape or a critique of a failing justice system, to laugh along with Chang is to recognize your mistakes and, ultimately, grow from them.
Fractal and kinetic in the quick-witted spirit of John Ashbery and Emily Dickinson, Chang’s tender poems dance around, between, and through the personal and philosophical.
Synthetic Jungleis as sweet as it is grand, and beneath its sarcastic grin reverberates an immense, open heart.
A vital breath of life arrives in American poetry withSynthetic Jungle, the latest from award-winning poet Michael Chang. At once hilarious and scathing,Synthetic Jungleeffortlessly bashes convention while rebuilding the language we use to communicate our fears and joys.
MICHAEL CHANG(they/them) is the author of several collections of poetry, includingBoyfriend Perspective andAlmanac of Useless Talents. Their poems have been nominated for Best New Poets, Best of the Net, and the Pushcart Prize. They were awarded the Poetry Project’s prestigious Brannan Prize in 2021. Tapped to edit Lambda Literary’sEmergeanthology, tl£+
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