{"product_id":"hormone-of-darkness-a-playlist","title":"Hormone of Darkness: A Playlist","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHormone of Darkness: A Playlist\u003c\/h1\u003eTilsa Otta\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003eOctober 1 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781644453131\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1644453134\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bilingual selection of tender, transgressive poems by a Peruvian poet and multimedia artist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Tilsa Otta's \u003ci\u003eThe Hormone of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, we find a queer, Latinx person who has lived through iterations of authoritarian rule, and who answers these conditions by creating poetry that doubles down on a life force that precedes and exceeds received notions of the poetic. Here poetry is bawdy, fabulist, and spiritual--in short, it is alive. Otta has created a heaven where readers can go after they die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from four volumes spanning Otta's career, translator-poet Farid Matuk has curated a playlist we can dance and dream to, one that honors Otta's drive toward liberation through both \u003ci\u003eperreo\u003c\/i\u003e in the club and transdimensional wandering among the stars.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390878515245,"sku":"19094","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_72c6b2ec-7ebc-4503-a07d-da5a3c1aa6c1.jpg?v=1787348585","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/hormone-of-darkness-a-playlist","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}