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Winner of the 2023 Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry, Jalousie works toward a poetics of analysis.
The "I-centered," first person, yet experimental poems in Jalousie explore the ways in which expression of the deeply personal experience is both dictated to and altered by rigid societal expectations. The speaker of these highly personal poems can't help but view language as a historical artifact, the DNA of past worlds, as these poems delve into the complexities of sorting out one's individual identity amid broader cultural contexts. Paty's poems attempt to connect the personal, private, intimate persona with elements that are always external—external not only to this poet but to every person.
These poems seek to capture fleeting moments of personal connection despite the impossibility of language, the societal dictates of gender roles, the pressures of making a living, the inexorable march of time, and the bewildering strangeness of architectural spaces. At the heart of this collection is "Premise," an extensive poem that weaves in detours through the history of New York City, themes of discard, references to Bruegel's "Wedding Dance," and discussions on representation and memory. The book also contains three full-color illustrations which augment the poet's themes and concerns.
Contents
Along the Grain 1
In Medias Res 2
I Dreamed a Word That Meant a Break in the Weaving 11
When Tilted through Waking, Eyes Still Bleary and Slow 12
Decade 13
And Follow It 14
Self-Monument 15
Promenade 16
Overlay 17
This Was to Be 18
Premise 20
Regarding the Statues of Great Men 37
Life Among the Monuments 38
Lump Grammar (Theory of Trash) 39
Love Poem 40
Sleeps of Bronze 42
Saturday 43
In Public 44
Two Street Trees 45
Verisimilitude 46
We Like to Say What Is Happening 47
Replica 48
Effigy 49
Episode in the Life of Saint Hortus (Conversation on the Psychedelic Lawn) 50
Score for the New Cotillion 51
In the Next Room 52
Strange Damage 53
What Made It Good 54
Jalousie 55
Notes 56
Acknowledgements 56
