Brookline Books/Lumen Editions

Pink Instrument 

A witty, smart, utterly modern collection of poems by New Yorker Max Blagg—complemented with the bold photographs of Ralph Gibson, who early in his career assisted Dorothea Lange—Pink Instrument is sexy and strong, precise and evocative. Here are lost chances, redheaded beauties on city streets—this book throbs with the pulse of New York. Everywhere there are signs of urban life, urban angst, the inherent humor one must adopt to live in a city that is constantly abuzz and often abrupt. With full-bleed duotones interspersed between poems, this oversized compilation book cuts straight through genre poetry. The result is certain to arouse, entertain, and affect.