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    Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
    Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
    Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
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    Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

    By Beatriz Hausner

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    Juxtaposing the diction of surrealism with Ovid, Callimachus, and popular music—punk and new wave—the poems in Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart concern themselves with various aspects of Eros.

    From wistful romance to explicit sex, these poems are inspired by the troubadour poets of Provence and Italy, and invoke such historical figures as the Byzantine Empress Theodora and her husband, Emperor Justinian, not to mention the Countess of Dia—Beatriz—a major poet of the troubadour tradition; these are Hausner's "alter voices," expressing permutations of presence, absence, conquest, and loss.

    Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart reaches back through the millenia to create an unexpected, unconventional, and contemporary exploration of one of humanity's oldest pleasures.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookhug Press
    Release dateApr 16, 2020
    ISBN9781771665940
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      Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart - Beatriz Hausner

      cover.jpgTitle page: Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart by Beatriz Hausner, published by Book*Hug

      FIRST EDITION

      Copyright © 2020 by Beatriz Hauser

      ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Title: Beloved revolutionary sweetheart / Beatriz Hausner.

      Names: Hausner, Beatriz, author.

      Description: First edition.

      Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200194194 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200194208

      ISBN 9781771665933 (softcover) | ISBN 9781771665940 (HTML)

      ISBN 9781771665957 (PDF) | ISBN 9781771665964 (Kindle)

      Subjects: LCGFT: Poetry.

      Classification: LCC PS8565.A79 B45 2020 | DDC C811/.6—dc23

      The production of this book was made possible through the generous assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. Book*hug Press also acknowledges the support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit and the Ontario Book Fund.

      Logos: Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council, Canadian Heritage, Ontario Creates

      Book*hug Press acknowledges that the land on which we operate is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. We recognize the enduring presence of many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and are grateful for the opportunity to meet and work on this land.

      Logo: Book*hug Press

      I love you more than Seguin did Valence,

      And how I’d like to conquer you in love,

      My dearest friend, for you’re by far the greatest

      —The Countess of Dia, often called Beatritz

      Contents

      Tied Up

      High Priestess

      Song on Tongue

      So soon as the front of you

      Tied Up

      Because I Am Beatrice

      Theodorae Biblioteca

      The Dream of Theodora

      Justinian’s Dream

      Isis Up in the Air

      Every Door Has Two Fronts

      The Delightful Love Of Bacchus

      A Story of Egypt, Twisted

      Isis Up in the Air

      For Good and Ever

      Begins the Bright Season

      The Importance of Human Romance

      The Importance of Human Romance

      The Orgasm Elegies

      The Orgasm Elegies

      Prayer Star

      Notes

      Acknowledgements

      About the Author

      Colophon

      Tied Up

      Part title: Tied Up

      High Priestess

      Our revered lords ladies dear ones I am come to render elegant

      homage to silks sometimes chains due to the reversal of the bias.

      The principal altar is up side down. Divine Adoratrice of Amun

      you of the easy knit interacting with the holder of the office, use

      yourself as inspiration in moiré and the shimmery legs strutting

      down the aisle: May the perfect fabrications reach up to you because

      nothing detracts from the treatment the modality of those fabrics

      draped against hardware. You command our attention to the mirror

      of ourselves your subjects. Because you must on your own place

      the ethereal layers and it is necessary to conceal your love of these

      the mothers of the children hanging off us women who accept

      the wearing of garments for our Lord Love of perfect fit. Around

      us rise the hanging gardens of Babylon and Alexander who saw

      them and mistakenly fled along

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