Poetry. "In Brenda Iijima's SUBSISTENCE EQUIPMENT the mirror wraps around the body like a form fitting garment and exudes the idiosyncratic fractality of its rebellious inhabitants. Efflorescent pulsations interrogate steel. Angular feet seek mischievous nomads. Fearless assertions mute the violence of the bi-directional stare. Dancers reconstitute the molecular reservoir to counter the aimless drift of uniform particularities. Water cannot afford to identify itself by virtue of its sinusoidal undulation. Chemical hydration is not synonymous in relation to its moody visitors. The web metabolizes the spider as it weaves. Vigilant outsiders threaten to pierce the face of the geode"--Cecilia Wu.

Author City: BROOKLYN, NY USA

Brenda Iijima is the author of IF NOT METAMORPHIC (Ahsahta Press, 2010), REVV. YOU'LL—UTION (Displaced Press, 2009) SUBSISTENCE EQUIPMENT (Faux Press, 2008) ANIMATE, INANIMATE AIMS (Litmus, 2007) and AROUND SEA (O Books, 2004). She edited the collection ECO LANGUAGE READER (Nightboat Books, 2010) and is currently the editor of Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs. She is the art editor at Boog City—a newspaper and online source for artists and poets in East Village—and she is a visual artist. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at Cooper Union.

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