Anahita Jamali Rad’s debut book of poetry juxtaposes Marxist economics with pop culture lyrics, from FKA Twigs to Sonic Youth, tangling the “You & I” of relationships and social identification. She asks: How is it possible to communicate when the “I” speaks from the margins? Who is the “I” when Motown’s doo-wop and post-punk’s Telecaster jangles shake up the body’s rhythm?
Jamali Rad deals with the stuff of everyday life: work and sex, friendship and love. Her critical attention to the structure of these social relations creates a poetics of trial and failure, questioning the very “culture” responsible for its making as she forges a way for the possibility of radical resistance in language.
"Vancouver poet and editor Anahita Jamali Rad’s first trade poetry collection, For Love And Autonomy (Vancouver BC: Talonbooks, 2016), is wildly smart, dark and funny".
—rob mclennan
“The poetry is refreshing. Whether stark, disjointed and grammatically voided columns, or impressions of stanza blocks cascading from segment to segment, this poetry is its own..”–Queen Mob’s Tea House
“It’s time to enter the language, to discover what lies beyond … Jamali Rad’s poetry is significant. It will require many readings with much discussion to appreciate the value of her contribution to the world of language.”—Prairie Fire
news | 2022-02-02
Plenitude Reviews Anahita Jamali Rad's still
…Jamali Rad. still, a follow-up to Rad’s for love and autonomy , poses questions to the reader about poetry as …
news | 2017-03-22
March 25–31: Anahita Jamali Rad, Danielle LaFrance, and Donato Mancini on tour in California
…latest works – Same Diff, Friendly + Fire, and for love and autonomy – in L.A. on March 25, San Diego on March 26, …
news | 2016-10-24
Our Fall 2016 books are launched!
…every single thing Anahita Jamali Rad reads from for love and autonomy, receiving many nods of acknowledgement from the …
news | 2016-10-19
Tomorrow: Talon’s big fall launch!
…by Stephen Collis slick reckoning by Ken Belford for love and autonomy by Anahita Jamali Rad Friendly Fire by Danielle …
news | 2016-10-03
All the Fall 2016 poetry is in the house!
…welcome Anahita Jamali Rad. Her debut collection, for love and autonomy, explores radical resistance in language. It is …
news | 2016-09-23
This Sunday: WORD Vancouver!
…will read from her debut collection of poetry, for love and autonomy, at 11:35 a.m. during EXPLORATIONS IN STYLE in …
news | 2016-07-04
Fall 2016 previews!
…debut collection by Anahita Jamali Rad, entitled for love and autonomy . In in, Jamali Rad deals with the stuff of …
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