Imperium by Jay Gao
Jay Gao's debut collection Imperium introduces a compelling innovative talent.
'Nuanced, challenging, sometimes hilarious, often anguished, this impressive reimagining of The Odyssey makes for an unforgettable road trip; Gao's Odysseus is a nervy and compelling traveller, a sort of non-hero, itinerant and always somewhat lostWaylaid with Gao in hotel bars and tour buses, we are estranged, sensitized as we go to the dislocations and non-belonging of children of the world's diasporas, and also to the structures of appropriation and exploitation embedded in travel. We are all conditioned and implicated; but perhaps this acute and attentive Odysseus is exactly who we need to help us listen to the buried histories of Imperialism, to "wait a little differently, mourn a / little more".' - Fiona Benson;'These poems reject the heroism of the legible "I". If a central figure emerges it might be that of the Anti-Translator, not there to disclose personal information but to reveal the bareness of our "corpse-lives". Jay Gao's Imperium marks a new chapter in British poetry, bringing to bear a new complexity, richness of thought and influence.' - Will Harris
Jay Gao is a poet from Edinburgh, Scotland, living in New York City. His debut poetry collection Imperium (Carcanet, 2022) was a winner of the 2023 Michael Murphy Memorial Prize. He is also the author of five poetry chapbooks and pamphlets. Currently, he reads for Poetry magazine and is a PhD candidate in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781800172470 |
| ISBN 10 | 1800172478 |
| Title | Imperium |
| Author | Jay Gao |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-08-25 |
| Number of pages | 92 |
| Prizes | Winner of A Somerset Maugham Award 2023, Winner of An Eric Gregory Award 2023, Winner of The Michael Murphy Memorial Prize 2023, Short-listed for The Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 2023 |
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