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Blud by Feng Sun Chen. Published by Spork Press. This edition © 2011 Spork Press. Bound with IPA, hair, blood, Sisters of Mercy, foul intent, and E. Sander Monson.
- GenresPoetry
41 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2011
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June 5, 2014
This is fantastic and I feel so happy I read it.
June 8, 2012
blud is not for the faint of heart, in more ways than one. To start with, Feng Sun Chen is a master of what I will call "dirty beauty." The words are so vivid they almost mask the overtly sexual meaning behind them. Much like Lindsay Hunter's stories, blud will shock you and awe you. In a good way!
If you haven't seen a physical copy of blud, you should beg, borrow, or buy. The binding, a hand-crafted job from Spork Press, is beautiful. Much congratulations on that, and I truly hope this is the future of the physical book.
But blud is a difficult/challenging read. While I liked the language of her poetry, it can often feel very un-grounded. Most of the poems are heavily abstracted and difficult to draw meaning from. It may be obvious from my review, but it should be said that I'm not a big fan of language poetry. Still, I would have liked to walk away with more.
One last thing - the author bio. A quick internet search confirmed that the author is not, in fact, a potato. I'm not seriously bothered by this little joke, but I did find it disheartening when I had finished blud and wanted to know more about its author.
If you haven't seen a physical copy of blud, you should beg, borrow, or buy. The binding, a hand-crafted job from Spork Press, is beautiful. Much congratulations on that, and I truly hope this is the future of the physical book.
But blud is a difficult/challenging read. While I liked the language of her poetry, it can often feel very un-grounded. Most of the poems are heavily abstracted and difficult to draw meaning from. It may be obvious from my review, but it should be said that I'm not a big fan of language poetry. Still, I would have liked to walk away with more.
One last thing - the author bio. A quick internet search confirmed that the author is not, in fact, a potato. I'm not seriously bothered by this little joke, but I did find it disheartening when I had finished blud and wanted to know more about its author.
July 31, 2012
good. not great, but at points teetered with it, just seemed like some missing nozzle needed a bump & off these poems would go. still a good read, however. the lyrical anxiety towards the end was quite inspirational. machine blud funk.
May 27, 2012
Feng's poetry is intuitive and compelling. And surprising! Spork always puts out amazing stuff and this is no different. I will definitely read anything FSC puts out.
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