XoeteoX [Hardcover]

There is no other poet who writes like Torres. Elaborate, chanting, pointed, and granite in their octaves of shine, his poems have it all. They are a real and gritty pleasure to read, a necessary tonic to these toxic times. John Yau

What does a book want to be in anyones hands but an infinite word object?XoeteoXis a dare into perception, traversing territories of language, sound, and the visual page. At the intersection of identity, performance, and typography, these poems compel reader and word into being, presenting a pact towards understanding and the mutual beyond.

between you and me
a skin of cognition  a container holding us together  connecting us
your skin is incredibly porous
your existence  unfolding within it

a journey leading back to its creation 
a right now  in the making that forms the beginning
of what you end  right now

Edwin Torresis the author of eight books of poetry, includingAmeriscopia(University of Arizona Press),Yes Thing No Thing(Roof Books),The PoPedology Of An Ambient Language(Atelos Books), and editor of the forthcoming anthology,Out Of Each Other: An Anthology Of The Body In Language(Counterpath Press). He has performed worldwide and taught his process-oriented workshop, Brainlingo: Writing The Voice Of The Body, across the nation.

Contents

A OTRO

THE COLLAGIST AT THE EDGE

TALISMAN

slippage i: TO THE TETRIC HEPTATHLETE

slippage ii: TO THE RENDERED EXCISION

slippage iii: TO READ WITH THE SILENT RUNNERS

THE STORY STORY

ANATOMICALLY ERECT

TONE

slippage iv: OCEAN OBELISK

BLUE WHEEL RONDO

TO THE THINGS WE NAME

CHAOS IS A FLOWER

TOPOGRAPHY FOR THE UNINITIATED

AURORA’S AURA

INVERSION

SOLSTICE

OBLIQUE OFFERING

SOME KINDA RIP IN WHAT I SEE