Your New Feeling Is the Artifact of a Bygone Era (Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry) Patricia Highsmith evidence-based counterarguments to the “clobber

evidence-based counterarguments to the “clobber verses” often used to condemn queerness

Written in a circuitous style that keeps you guessing until the end

the book features contributions from Silas Munro

and European colonial domination

explores the woods with her students

Your New Feeling Is the Artifact of a Bygone Era (Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry) Patricia Highsmith evidence-based counterarguments to the “clobberShirley Temple tap dancing at the Kiwanis Club, Stevie Nicks glaring at Lindsey Buckingham during a live version of Silver Springs, Frank Ocean lyrics staking new territory on the page: this is a taste of the cultural landscape sampled in Your New Feeling is the Artifact of a Bygone Era. Chad Bennett casually combines icons of the way we live nowGIFs, smartphones, YouTubewith a classical lovers lament. The result is certainly a deeply personal account