CRUEL/CRUEL Joan Brossa so non-solo'd and so alter'd

so non-solo'd and so alter'd

the classically beautiful into the wonderfully grotesque

Willem Jan Otten

Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters are addressed

a poetry of chiaroscuro and photographic process

CRUEL/CRUEL Joan Brossa so non-solo'd and so alter'dDior J. Stephens CRUEL CRUEL is the manifestation of a Black, queer voice grappling with the intricacies of (un)belonging and identity. These poems use genres of queerness and race to reckon with the pervasive power of oppressive institutions, shaped by art and a soundtrack of Black musical traditions of resistance: from jazz to soul to experimental to hip hop. A hybrid visual and literary object, CRUEL CRUEL feels relentlessly present, and yet