{"product_id":"this-elegance","title":"This Elegance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Derrick Austin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by BOA Editions, Limited, 2026-05-05\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Elegance\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetic meditation on beauty, pleasure, and transcendence in a time of collective uncertainty.\u003c\/b\u003e These poems respond to solitude, grief, and fear with a radical inward turn--seeking ecstasy, presence, and the reclamation of self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterweaving the sacred and the erotic, \u003ci\u003eThis Elegance\u003c\/i\u003e engages with visual arts through the concept of \u003ci\u003esacra conversazione\u003c\/i\u003e (\"sacred conversation\"), a style of Renaissance painting that imagines divine communion across time and space. Here, artists, thinkers, and pop icons commune in a similar sacred dialogue--Kathleen Collins, André Leon Talley, Richmond Barthé, Lyle Ashton Harris, Juan de Pareja, Janelle Monáe, Symone, and others appear as guiding spirits and creative kin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a Black, queer body so often dislocated from time and place, pleasure becomes an act of resistance--a grounding in the now. \u003ci\u003eThis Elegance\u003c\/i\u003e is a love song--an offering to Black artistry, a tribute to visionary lives, and a testament to the power of beauty in even our most precarious moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137724235945,"sku":"PHBK-9781960145949","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/24755343482885.jpg?v=1780335980","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/this-elegance","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}