Virgins The Complete Works of Alvaro de Campos In the tradition of literary

In the tradition of literary “outlaws” such as Kathy Acker

circling around their central theme but refusing to fall into its gravity

their lyrics always engage with permanence and mortality

a book that is simply a collection of different kinds of poems

Like Hermione Lee ‘at the movies

Virgins The Complete Works of Alvaro de Campos In the tradition of literaryJesse Darling They say we arent built for it. This species or another. Crewcut & fatigued, a swollen head on the box says thin lipped, When most people talk about killing, they are like virgins talking about sex. Experiential and mapped, Virgins takes us on car rides, through hotel rooms and up close to meat viscera and enamel structures. Oscillating through binaries, concepts of innocence and experience are dragged by their creaturely haunches by