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Adrian Matejka's (Pulitzer Prize finalist in poetry for The Big Smoke) new book Standing On the Verge \u0026amp; Maggot Brain is a chorus of poems and visual art that is psychedelic and bright, full of quarter notes disguised as words. The poems bend like a solo bends the big ideas of Funkadelic’s glitter and unrepentant funk. The colletion also bends the design of books themselves. Standing On the Verge \u0026amp; Maggot Brain is more accurately described as a double-chapbook, featuring two front covers and no back cover. Essentially, it is a two-in-one book. For the Standing On the Verge  section of the two chaps, sculptor and artist Kevin Neireiter translates music into stained glass graffiti in honor of the landmark record. For Maggot Brain, Nicholas Galanin’s (also front man of the Sub Pop band Ya Tseen) art creates musical compositions from monochromatics in response to the quintessential album.  Matejka's collection of poems is synesthesia for the ear and alchemy for the eyes and heart. Standing On the Verge \u0026amp; Maggot Brain is both a tribute to the iconic band Funkadelic and deep introspection of the contrasts in poet Matejka's celebrant hips and maggot brain. Just as the album Standing on the Verge of Getting It On is a celebration of energy and action, Maggot Brain is a place of deep sorrow. Matejka explores both the light and dark within the original visual art by Kevin Neireiter and Nicholas Galanin, reflecting the poet's radiances and shadows.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":55063238738293,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":55063238803829,"sku":"NIN9781734842296","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/6996\/5613\/files\/1734842296.jpg?v=1739554434"},{"product_id":"devil-s-garden-book-adrian-matejka-9781882295418","title":"The Devil's Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing musical allusion and metaphor, juxtaposing history and autobiography, Matejka navigates a triracial identity. In these poems, having too many heritages means having no heritage at all. As a result, cultural identifiers--be they afros, war paint, or William Shatner--take the place of identity. Vibrant narrative lyrics use image as riff, syllable as note, to improvise on a personal history severed from tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetwixt and Between\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiscegenation's capitol\u003cbr\u003eis the mule. Not quite horse, \u003cbr\u003ealmost donkey. No useful\u003cbr\u003eerection to speak of.\u003cbr\u003eIn any unnatural concoction, \u003cbr\u003esomebody's got to take\u003cbr\u003ethe blame. Freud would say\u003cbr\u003ecredit the mother if props\u003cbr\u003eare necessary.\u003cbr\u003eMulattos\u003cbr\u003eare human mules--half\u003cbr\u003eblack, most times more\u003cbr\u003ethan half white--misogynous\u003cbr\u003eon a good day. All the while, \u003cbr\u003eimpotent between tribes.\u003cbr\u003eBlame: gift of the exotic, \u003cbr\u003elike Hendrix opening\u003cbr\u003efor the Monkees, or Othello\u003cbr\u003ekey holed by Iago. Blessed\u003cbr\u003ebe he with the hybrid vigor\u003cbr\u003eof melanin, arrested between\u003cbr\u003ethe sun and the sun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading Adrian Matejka's amazing debut, I was left with the feeling that American Poetry was at last beginning to catch up with early twenty-first century American life. He has written the first serious songs from a world that's about to make itself felt and known.--Cornelius Eady\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":55071001051509,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":55071001215349,"sku":"NIN9781882295418","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/6996\/5613\/files\/1882295412.jpg?v=1739635054"}],"url":"https:\/\/stage.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-adrian-matejka.oembed","provider":"World of Books Staging","version":"1.0","type":"link"}