The Island - Paperback
The Island - Paperback
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by Oscar D'Artois (Author), Mad Manning (Illustrator)
Written over the course of two summerWritten over the course of two summers following the poet's 33rd birthday, The Island is a Miltonesque hyperpop haiku of: s following the poet's 33rd birthday, The Island is ssa Miltonesque hyperpop haiku of:
Longing for an irretrievable beach paradise ✔
Yearning for an abandoned tower to hide in ✔
(Failing to) deal with aging by building a
hot transcendent yoga body ✔
Loving convenience in spite of yourself ✔
A manifesto against self-optimization ✔
A blasé satanic cosmogony ?
An elegy for desire ✔
A meditation on death ?
A bisexual epic ✔
An unrelenting affirmation that "this world is all there is" ✔
"Cold brew, yoga, spritzes, consumer culture, the internet, queerness. So funny and real and sparkly."
- Chloé Caldwell, author of WOMEN
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