Cruel Futures: City Lights Spotlight No. 17

by Carmen Gimenez Smith

Cruel Futures is a witchy confessional and wildly imagistic volume that examines subjects as divergent as Alzheimers, Medusa, mumblecore, and mental illness in sharp-witted, taut poems dense with song. Chronicling life on an endangered planet, in a country on the precipice of profound change compelled by a media machine that produces our realities, the book is a high-energy analysis of popular culture, as well as an exploration of the many social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872867587
• ISBN13: 9780872867581
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: City Lights Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 7.0"