{"product_id":"this-elegance-9781960145949","title":"This Elegance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Derrick Austin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - African American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\"sacred conversation\"), a style of Renaissance painting that imagines divine communion across time and space.\u003c\/b\u003e Here, artists, thinkers, and pop icons commune in a similar sacred dialogue--Kathleen Collins, Andr� Leon Talley, Richmond Barth�, Lyle Ashton Harris, Juan de Pareja, Janelle Mon�e, Symone, and others appear as guiding spirits and creative kin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a Black, queer person 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":"BOA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47773164503191,"sku":"9781960145949","price":924.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781960145949.webp?v=1777977992","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/this-elegance-9781960145949","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}