Trance Archive

Since his post-9/11 essay "The Emergency," Andrew Joron has been regarded as one of American poetryrs"s most profound practitioners. Trance Archive draws on over twenty years of Joronrs"s work, from his early science fiction poetry to his later fusion of surrealist romanticism and avant-garde materialism, into what he calls "speculative lyric." Infused with radical politics, Joronrs"s poetry takes inspiration from chaos and complexity theory, and reflects personal associations ranging from anarchist philosopher Paul Feyerabend to surrealist mystic Philip Lamantia. The third volume in our vbrant Spotlight series, Trance Archive affirms Joronrs"s place among major contemporary poets.