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Optic Subwoof

Optic Subwoof

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Optic Subwoof is a collection of talks by Douglas Kearney, winner of the 2023 CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction and the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism. It offers an urgent critique of the intersections between violence and entertainment, examining the ways in which poetry, humor, visual art, music, pop culture, and performance uphold and subvert this violence. Kearney also examines the nuances around Black visibility and its aestheticization, establishing him as one of the most dynamic writers and thinkers of the twenty-first century.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 16 February 2023
Publisher: Wave Books


Winner of the 2023 CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism, and the Optic Subwoof is a collection of talks presented by poet and National Book Award finalist Douglas Kearney for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series in 2020 and 2021. These captivating lectures are as kinetic on the page as they are in person, offering an urgent critique of the intersections between violence and entertainment. Kearney interrogates the ways in which poetry, humor, visual art, music, pop culture, and performance uphold and subvert this violence, employing a genius precision and an avant-garde sensibility. Through his examination of the nuances around Black visibility and its aestheticization, Kearney establishes himself as one of the most dynamic writers and thinkers of the twenty-first century.

Winner of the 2023 CLMP Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism, and the Optic Subwoof is a collection of talks presented by poet and National Book Award finalist Douglas Kearney for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series in 2020 and 2021. These captivating lectures are as kinetic on the page as they are in person, offering an urgent critique of the intersections between violence and entertainment. Kearney interrogates the ways in which poetry, humor, visual art, music, pop culture, and performance uphold and subvert this violence, employing a genius precision and an avant-garde sensibility. Through his examination of the nuances around Black visibility and its aestheticization, Kearney establishes himself as one of the most dynamic writers and thinkers of the twenty-first century.


Dimension: 152 x 209 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781950268672

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