Equestrian Monuments

By Luis Chaves

In Luis Chaves's EQUESTRIAN MONUMENTS, the stately figure of a former president, Leon Cort?s, is counterbalanced by a cast of mock-heroic or non-normative foils: a cross-dresser, a singleton, homunculus, thief, and gardener. Dialogue from The Exorcist coexists alongside lines from the Latin Kyrie, Rex, while sweeping statements about entire generations, continents, and genres find a basis in the most intimate details of home-life. The intersections are uncanny, sometimes hilarious, often sad and unsettling. Chaves's hyper-caffeinated imagination renders each image in this remarkable collection in a way that orients the reader and provides a moment's stasis and clarity before the waves come and the waves erase it.

Poetry. Translated by Julia Guez and Samantha Zighelboim.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 173340824X
• ISBN13: 9781733408240
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: After Hours Editions
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"