{"product_id":"ecstasy","title":"Ecstasy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eEcstasy\u003c\/i\u003e stands out for its brutal examination of the transience of Eros ... Campy and fun' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eEcstasy\u003c\/i\u003e, Alex Dimitrov embraces a life on the edge in New York and the finely wrought poetry that can come out of it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He explores sex, drugs, parties, pleasure, and God in the 2020s, and looks back to a coming-of-age in the 1990s that still informs who his generation is and will be. His unabashed and drivingly musical poems are a call against repression, a rebuke of cultural norms and shame, and a celebration of human authenticity - even if to live under such philosophies is dangerous.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 'Today I Love Being Alive', we find the poet naked in his kitchen, eating a banana and obsessed with a new lover, declaring 'I don't care about being remembered. \/ I care about . . . Strong men. Beautiful sentences. Italian leather'; in 'Poppers', he stands lightheaded in the bathroom at a bar, 'thinking of what to do \/ with the rest of my life', and issuing a warning to himself and us- 'Poetry \/ is not a self-help book.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dimitrov is an iconographer of contemporary life, able to pin profound and timeless meaning to a fleeting encounter in the street. \u003ci\u003eEcstasy\u003c\/i\u003e also engages with the poet's Christian upbringing, interrogating faith as both an enemy and valve of catharsis, and a bedfellow of what this book celebrates and courts- profound human ecstasy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A rollicking paean to pleasure, an ode to realness and resilience ... Raw and honest and deeply personal' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Dimitrov is that rarest of creatures, a true poet and a truly contemporary poet. Thank god he's here' Michael Cunningham, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e *A most anticipated queer book for Spring 2025 in \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Ecstasy","offer_id":44811253317829,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-78733-533-2.jpg?v=1749622284","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/ecstasy","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}