Ecstasy : Poems by Alex Dimitrov (2025, Proof)

Ecstasy: A fearless, intimate, and revelatory poetry collectionby Alex Dimitrov (Author) 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (6)\n'Ecstasy stands out for its brutal examination of the transience of Eros ... Campy and fun' Guardian\n\nIn Ecstasy, Alex Dimitrov embraces a life on the edge in New York and the finely wrought poetry that can come out of it.\n\nHe explores sex, drugs, parties, pleasure, and God in the 2020s, and looks back to a coming-of-age in the 1990s that still informs who his generation is and will be. His unabashed and drivingly musical poems are a call against repression, a rebuke of cultural norms and shame, and a celebration of human authenticity \u2013 even if to live under such philosophies is dangerous.\n\nIn \u2018Today I Love Being Alive\u2019, we find the poet naked in his kitchen, eating a banana and obsessed with a new lover, declaring \u2018I don't care about being remembered. / I care about . . . Strong men. B*