Junk

by Pico, Tommy

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Title Statements

Full title :Junk / Tommy Pico.

Summary

"The third book in Tommy Pico's Teebs trilogy, 'Junk' is a breakup poem in couplets: ice floe and hot lava, a tribute to Janet Jackson and nacho cheese. In the static that follows the loss of a job or an apartment or a boyfriend, what can you grab onto for orientation? The narrator wonders what happens to the sense of self when the illusion of security has been stripped away. And for an indigenous person, how do these lost markers of identity echo larger cultural losses and erasures in a changing political landscape? In part taking its cue from A.R. Ammons's 'Garbage, ' Teebs names this liminal space 'Junk, ' in the sense that a junk shop is full of old things waiting for their next use; different items that collectively become indistinct. But can there be a comfort outside the anxiety of utility? An appreciation of 'being' for the sake of being? And will there be Chili Cheese Fritos?"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2018
Edition:First US edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Tin House Books
Place of Publication:Portland, Oregon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

Notes

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.

The Physical Object

Description:72 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1941040977, 9781941040973
oclc:on1005696148
LC Classification:PS3616.I288
Dewey Decimal:811/.6

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