Public Works, by Grant Pavol

Poetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from Bottlecap Features. In his first published work, Grant Pavol explores the position of the subject in modernity. Drawing heavily on the philosophy of Walter Benjamin, Simone Weil, and Julia Kristeva, as well as the poetics of Charles Olson and John Ashbery, Pavol seeks to explore the post-internet psyche through surreal and often darkly humorous verse. “The real project of the book is to adapt mid century American poetic ideas from writers like Olson, Ashbery, and Berryman to the post internet era. Our moment is so fast and packed with stimulus that we are forced to act as somewhat fractured personal and political subjects in order to simply keep up.