no, honey, it's only a paper moon

Blurb

"After nearly a year-long absence following his beloved debuts ', and, most of all, the sea,' and 'Child, Dearest,', internationally-bestselling and critically-adored poet Vytautaseneyevich returns to extraordinary form with his most staggeringly spellbinding collection yet, the transcendentally tremendous 'no, honey, it's only a paper moon.' Book-ended by the award-winning pieces 'no god i am not ready for repentance no' and 'secrets dwell,' 'paper moon' consists of forty-four poems of frenetic, ambrosial beauty, hallmarked by Mr. Vytautaseneyevich's captivatingly unique voice: a quiet, austere interspersal of longing, kindness, anguish, compassion, fury, prayer, fear, beauty, despair, hope, desperation, love, defeat, and wonder. Long-devastated by clinical depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, this young, queer, Russo-American poet of mixed Afro-Arab ancestry unleashes his strikingly brilliant craft with a desolate dignity far beyond his years. This is, as we have said again and again, the fresh, wise voice we have long awaited, and he has given us 2016's definitive American poetry collection.

Exquisite wordplay, divine imagery, and a most remarkable ability to simultaneously gently take one's hand and guide one's mind and tear out one's heart through complete emotional and physical immersion indelibly mark this poet as being nothing short of an absolute master. In fact, that is all there is left to say: 'no, honey, it's only a paper moon' is an utter, absolute masterpiece.

This is this year's must-read poetry collection, and all we can ask is, 'please, god, give us more!' Hopefully, soon, he will."