Swastika Into Lotus

by Richard Katrovas

In Swastika into Lotus, Richard Katrovas, a "punk formalist," casts a wary eye on poetry, poetry readings, higher education, the UFO cottage industry, organized religion, fine dining, climate change denial, and national right-wing politics. The book's humor is dark, by turns self-deprecating and fierce, and yet many of the poems are unabashed in their assertions of both filial and romantic love. Heaving traditionally "formal" verse through a looking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887486088
• ISBN13: 9780887486081
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.3"