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Synopses & Reviews
The Truth Is We Are Perfect contains fifty-four lyrics exploring
the loss of oneself through the loss of an other, and how we seek to
recreate ourselves in that absence. Stucky journeys into nothingness
and, consequently, into awareness. His meditative sensibilities and
minimalist style create ritualized poems acting as spells —t ranscribed to
be read aloud and performed in the service of realizing that which we
seek to become.
Review
"The yearning in these poems is awash in dense, spiritual sexuality
buffeted by time and the mishandling of promises and breakable bonds." apt Journal
Review
"Stucky's verse has the power of the best East European poetssome of
his poems seem to be perfect, magnificent, and instantly anthologizable.
He is a forceful, cogent, incisive phrase-maker." Bill Knott, author of Laugh at the End of the World: Collected Comic Poems 1969–1999 and Stigmata Errata Etcetera
Synopsis
Ex-mortician and two time National Haiku Champion Janaka Stucky writes fifty-four poems of heartbreak, ritual, and resurrection.
About the Author
Janaka Stucky is the publisher of Black Ocean as well as the annual poetry journal, Handsome. He is the author of two chapbooks: Your Name Is The Only Freedom, and The World Will Deny It For You. His poems have appeared in such journals as Denver Quarterly, Fence and North American Review, and his articles have been published by The Huffington Post and The Poetry Foundation. He is a two-time National Haiku Champion and in 2010 he was voted Bostons Best Poet” in The Boston Phoenix.