{"product_id":"the-hormone-of-darkness-a-playlist-9781644453131","title":"The Hormone of Darkness: A Playlist","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tilsa Otta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.59w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644453131","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43028618412169,"sku":"9781644453131","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_871e74fd-0072-4a4f-9fe0-6023884646af.jpg?v=1728366467","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-hormone-of-darkness-a-playlist-9781644453131","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}