I’ve never read anything quite like the poems in Michael Chang’s Synthetic Jungle which is published today by Curbstone books. I’ve never read anything quite like their poems and that is a good thing indeed. Chang is making space for high art (Heidegger)and low art (Shawn Mendes) and poets (CA Conrad and Wayne Koestenbaum) and by the time I finished this book I was dizzy with excitement. Reading Synthetic Jungle is like riding a roller coaster of associations, my equilibrium off in the best possible way. Congratulations, Michael!
You can check out their poem “Zum Zum” here:
https://www.barzakhmag.net/winter-2022-poetry-1/2022/1/15/michael-chang-5aam8-t8bw4