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"Beachgoers frolic/ while I fuck a man shilling for Jesus" ("Landscape with Surf and Salvation"). "At night I hallucinate the grunting discord// which leapt from a human body as he destroyed mine" ("Landscape with Smut and Pavement"). Why so many landscapes in this fierce new collection (after If I Should Say I Have Hope)? Because Melnick is pointing out that male sexual violence is embedded in our culture. It ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More