The Utopians

by Grace Nissan

Consisting of a sequence written entirely with language from Thomas More’s Utopia, a series of letters to More, and a poem called “THE WORLD” about Utopia’s vexed escape, Grace Nissan’s The Utopians cuts up and breaks into the language circumscribing the perfect world. With this stirring formal exploration of liberation, Nissan deftly occupies an in-between space, aiming a rigorous poetic eye at the present to interrogate ghosts of the future.

Genres: Poetry

128 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2025

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite books of poetry in a good long while!One of my favorite books of poetry in a good long while! The way Nissan here handles the slippery relationship between world 1 and world 2, between Utopia and the real world that gave birth to it, just blew me away. If you have read any of More's Utopia, you will appreciate this engagement with its utter fucked-up-ness.

[Connor · Rating 4 out of 5]

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