From Will Alexander finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry a new collection of poems from the intersection between surrealism and afrofuturism where Campampamp233eacutesaire meets Sun Ra. Divine Blue Light further affirms Alexanders status as one of the most unique and innovative voices in contemporary poetry.One of Publishers Weeklyampampamp8217s Top 10 Notable Poetry Books for Fall 2022ampampquotSince the 1980s the Los Angelesbased Alexander has mixed politics with mesmeric oracular lines.ampampquotThe New York TimesAgainst the ruins of a contemporary globalist discourse which he denounces as a ampampamp8220lingual theocracy of superimposed rationalityampampamp8221 Will Alexanderampampamp8217s poems constitute an alternative cartography that draws upon omnivorous readingampampamp8212in subjects from biology to astronomy to history to philosophyampampamp8212amalgamating their diverse vocabularies into an impossible instrument only he can play. Divine Blue Light is anchored by three major works the opening ampampamp8220Condoned to Disappearanceampampamp8221 a meditation on the heteronymic exploits of Portuguese modernist Fernando Pessoa the closing ampampamp8220Imprecation as Mirageampampamp8221 a poem channeling an Indonesian man and the title poem an anthemic ode to the jazz saxophonist John Coltrane.