Sumptuary Laws

Sumptuary Laws

Nyla Matuk (CA)

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Sumptuary Laws, Nyla Matuk's first full-length collection, is a work of irresistible originality. Taking as her inspiration the feudal rules that once enforced social rank by legistating what a person was permitted to wear and eat, Matuk discovers a new metaphor for contemporary desire and explores, in wildly imaginative and linguistically daring poems, the 21st century "sumptuary laws" that dictate our divisions of luxury and necessity, splendour and squalor. A poet of immense gifts, Matuk has written a book of lasting impact.

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ISBN-13: 9781550653311

Number of pages: 72

Format: Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US)

Imprint: Signal Editions

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