A Grayscale Martyrdom

Alec Montalvo's debut echos between brutalism and the ethereal. A call to magic realism, set in New York City, these poems provide a haven for detached personas. The speakers squeeze themselves through the cracks of realism and emerge transformed as something fantastical. The collection opens with Three of Swords, the remains of an abandoned backyard wedding reduced to rubble, and then revitalized as a mystic ceremony. The title poem captures the experience of being dissociated at a house party and left in the throes of cabalism. A Grayscale Martyrdom is a collection of poems about gritty transformation, the effects of detachment and displacement along with the double function to reconstruct what was once internally dead into something holistically living.

Author: Alec Montalvo
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Published: 09/15/2023
Pages: 38
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d
ISBN: 9781599241517

About the Author
Montalvo, Alec: - Alec Montalvo is an English teacher and poet. He holds his Bachelors and MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry. He has been featured in magazines such as Manhattanville's Inkwell Journal, was a finalist in the Kallisto Gaia Press Contemporary Poetry Chapbook Competition, and holds publications in many small presses. In his spare time, Alec enjoys quality time with his tripod cat, Caulfield and playing tabletop games. Visit Alecintheink.com or @Alecintheink on Instagram.

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