In Solar Perplexus, Dean Young uses the surreal as the thread which weaves in and out of complications of existence. The result is a textured, honest work that grapples with what it means to love, lose, and hang in the afterward. Suddenly the boundaries of our everyday are shaken--and yet instead of being thrown off balance, our understanding is cracked open. Young holds us between un/reality, tracing the circle of life and death, and exposing the true closeness between extremes. It is this true intimacy that both unsettles and comforts. Solar Perplexus, turns identity on its head as it questions self (against) control, with each eerily familiar moment of humor, punctuated with an inevitable doubt.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 10/01/2019
ISBN: 9781556595721
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/15/2019
Library Journal 09/27/2019 pg. 1