In the Name of the Body: Lyric Essays

By Alton Melvar Dapanas

"A short and sharp book that combines intellectual density, lyrical integrity and factuality that is almost cruel in its precision. A fascinating and thought-provoking read." - Maria Stepanova, International Booker Prize shortlisted author of IN MEMORY OF MEMORY / "In Alton Melvar M. Dapanas's IN THE NAME OF THE BODY: LYRIC ESSAYS, multiple disciplines-theory, cultural anthropology, autobiography, and lyric essay-dance together elegantly and pointedly, forming a sequential meditation on gender and sexuality, embodied in spare and unsentimental vignettes of memory. Dapanas punctures the painfully retrograde folie a deux of the clueless communities that cling to repressive ideals. That they do so in writing that is intellectually acute and graceful, using formal play, is a cause for celebration." - David Lazar, author of OCCASIONAL DESIRE: ESSAYS and editor of ESSAYING THE ESSAY and TRUTH IN NONFICTION

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CLJNJPKL
• ISBN13: 9798210873453
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Blurb
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"