In the Circus of You: An Illustrated Novel-In-Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781941628003)

Poetry. Art. IN THE CIRCUS OF YOU is a deliciously distorted fun house of poetry and art by Nicelle Davis and Cheryl Gross. Both private and epic, this novel-in-poems explores one woman's struggle while interpreting our world as a sideshow, where not only are we the freaks, but also the onlookers wondering just how normal we are--or ought to be. Davis' poetry and Gross' images collaborate over the themes of sanity, monogamy, motherhood, divorce, artistic expression, and self-creation to curate a menagerie of abnormalities that defines what it is to be human. The universe of this book is one in which dead pigeons talk, clowns hide in the chambers of the heart, and the human body turns itself inside out to be born again as a purely sensory creature. This grotesquely gorgeous peep show opens the velvet curtains on the beautiful complications of life.

Author: Nicelle Davis
ISBN-10: 1941628001
ISBN-13: 9781941628003
Publisher: Rose Metal Press
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2015
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 0.30d