A close look at the rigors of our current cultural moment, In an Invisible Glass Case Which Is Also a Frame offers readers a way...

A close look at the rigors of our current cultural moment, In an Invisible Glass Case Which Is Also a Frame offers readers a way to navigate vital questions: what does it mean to be "secure"? How do we make art amid complexity? In Guez's debut, readers will witness realities of income inequality, climate change, and the opioid epidemic alongside a series of reliable antidotes: art, music, humor, and love. "Have we made it across the vast plain of night?" asks one poem. No, not quite. There is more night, but there is singing, too. Rich in its sophisticated engagement of a "still life" series, dilemmas large and small, political and personal, are treated with generosity, curiosity, and a precise investigation of the heart.

Author: Julia Guez
Publisher: Four Way Books
Published: 09/03/2019
Pages: 84
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781945588372


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/19/2019
Library Journal 08/23/2019 pg. 1

About the Author
Julia Guez's poetry, essays, interviews and translations have appeared in Poetry, the Guardian, PEN Poetry Series, the Kenyon Review, BOMB and the Brooklyn Rail. She has been awarded the Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize, a Fulbright Fellowship and the John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize in Translation. Guez holds degrees from Rice and Columbia. For the last decade, she has worked with Teach For America; she's currently a managing director of programming there. She also teaches creative writing at Rutgers and writes poetry reviews for Publishers Weekly. Guez lives in Brooklyn.


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