The Devil's Garden - by Adrian Matejka (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This compelling first book sings the half-white-quarter-Delaware-quarter-black blues.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Using musical allusion and metaphor, juxtaposing history and autobiography, Matejka navigates a triracial identity. In these poems, having too many heritages means having no heritage at all. As a result, cultural identifiers--be they afros, war paint, or William Shatner--take the place of identity. Vibrant narrative lyrics use image as riff, syllable as note, to improvise on a personal history severed from tradition.</p><p><b>Betwixt and Between</b></p><p>Miscegenation's capitol<br>is the mule. Not quite horse, <br>almost donkey. No useful<br>erection to speak of.<br>In any unnatural concoction, <br>somebody's got to take<br>the blame. Freud would say<br>credit the mother if props<br>are necessary.<br>Mulattos<br>are human mules--half<br>black, most times more<br>than half white--misogynous<br>on a good day. All the while, <br>impotent between tribes.<br>Blame: gift of the exotic, <br>like Hendrix opening<br>for the Monkees, or Othello<br>key holed by Iago. Blessed<br>be he with the hybrid vigor<br>of melanin, arrested between<br>the sun and the sun.<br></p><p>Reading Adrian Matejka's amazing debut, I was left with the feeling that American Poetry was at last beginning to catch up with early twenty-first century American life. He has written the first serious songs from a world that's about to make itself felt and known.--Cornelius Eady</p>
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