|9780822968757|Poems| Earth-Shattering News and Other Catastrophes Considered While Listening to the Genius of Love is a book with a soundtrack/playlist. The poems use a range of popular songs and music as a starting point for lyrical daydreams, serious narratives, personal and political reflections, as well as pop culture mashups that merge to create a performance-on-page that is fundamentally punk in aim and attitude. Although musical themes and backgrounds are often involved, music works more as both creative constraint and catalyst, than as thematic guide for José Padua. Above all, music feeds Padua’s poetic practice, which is free-ranging, covering topics from … Continue reading Earth-Shattering News and Other Catastrophes Considered While Listening to the Genius of Love