{"product_id":"eliot-cardinaux-if-not-for-you","title":"Eliot Cardinaux: If Not for You","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf Not for You\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cstrong\u003eEliot Cardinaux\u003c\/strong\u003e's 9th full-length poetry collection to date. It follows two ongoing serial poems, \"Rope of Sand,\" and \"Murmurations,\" that began in Cardinaux's previous collections, \u003cem\u003eThe Ocean From Here to Here, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWandering Subject\u003c\/em\u003e, and now span 5 books and counting. Each poem in the collection is dedicated to someone, living or dead, who has had an impact on the poet's life. This collection offers reflection and commentary on the state of our fractured world, while performing various modalities of devotion to poets, musicians, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eartists, friends, (even a chess grandmaster) and others whose work and presence the poet has encountered, either up close or from afar, and learned from throughout their life. Segments of the aforementioned, interwoven serial poems are broken up by small sequences of miniature poems (\"All flaws \/ revolt \/ against the uniform. \/\/ The killing machine \/ would be perfect \/ if not for you.\"), reflecting, in intimate detail, on intersections of the personal and the political, eros and history, violence, resistance, and love. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e82 pages. Paperback. 6 x 9\". \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eISBN: 978-1-971551-05-0\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCover image by Emil Cardinaux (Swiss, 1908).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEliot Cardinaux\u003c\/strong\u003e is a neuroqueer poet, pianist, composer, translator, and publisher working at the intersection of the lyric and improvised music. The author of 9 full-length poetry collections, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eA Species of This Invaded World\u003c\/i\u003e (Bodily Press, 2025), Eliot has also produced and appeared on over a dozen albums of original music, most recently an album of solo piano compositions and spoken word, titled \u003ci\u003eThe Furies\u003c\/i\u003e (Bodily Press, 2026). They hold a bachelor’s degree in contemporary improvisation from the New England Conservatory of Music, and an MFA in poetry from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. As the sole and founding editor of The Bodily Press, they have published books and chapbooks by Nathaniel Mackey, Joseph Simas, Martha McCollough, Deja Rene Carr (AKA Mal Devisa), Uche Nduka, Sarah Menefee, Maged Zaher, and numerous others. They live in Northampton, MA with their beloved partner, Shana, where together they aspire to be cats.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bodily Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50762676568257,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/8786\/5793\/files\/IfNotforYouFCOVER.jpg?v=1792155862","url":"https:\/\/bodilypress.com\/products\/eliot-cardinaux-if-not-for-you","provider":"The Bodily Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}