Ménage à trois with the 21st century

Poetry. Eileen R. Tabios' new poetry collection revolves around recovering 21st century lives for the Mesopotamian priestess Enheduanna and the 18th century Philippine general Gabriela Silang. Of this book, Kevin Killian proclaims: "Half diary of dildo desire, half rhapsodic insurgent mediation between art and life, Tabios' book moves from a melting prose poetry to fully lineated, musical demand for action. You, reader, fully implicated in this intercontinental love triangle, shall find yourself asking, 'Where is the world that is waiting to happen?' The question that haunted Enheduanna and Gabriela plunges out of the book, ferocious, tongue dippedin fire, dragon with sapphire eyes and no conscience." xPress(ed) is a publisher based in Espoo, Finland.… (more)