Description
Poetry. In John Sakkis's new book, hip hop and biography, both real and imagined, saturate travel on the islands.
"THE ISLANDS is melos, music in 5-part harmonic sequences, beginning with the once-upon-a-time of 'one night, after the happily of dinner.' So it's the sound of story in lyric concretion, rhythmic concision, the atmosphere of film, the senses migrating from one section to another, punning 'knot exactly.' This book is a nostos, a welcome home event, and will be your favorite memory palace."—Norma Cole
Author Bio
John Sakkis's books include MIRROR MAGIC (Roof Books, 2020), NIKE+, Psychopomp, RAVE ON! (BOTH BOTH Books,2016), THE ISLANDS (Nightboat Books, 2014), and RUDE GIRL (BlazeVox books, 2009), as well as numerous chapbooks and ephemera. From 2005- 2015 he edited BOTH BOTH, a little magazine of poetry. With Angelos Sakkis, he has translated five books by Athenian poet Demosthenes Agrafiotis, including Maribor which won the 2011 Northern California Book Award for Poetry In Translation. He was born, raised and lives in the East Bay Area.
Author City: OAKLAND, CA USA