Lurid Sea Southern Vivek Shraya's debut collection of

Vivek Shraya's debut collection of poetry is a bold and timely interrogation of skin--its origins

Each collection is introduced by a short text revealing its influences and is illustrated with catwalk photographs that feature clothes

but also choosing pleasure

arms smugglers

Lucky discovered the cage was the perfect place to keep his demons at bay

Lurid Sea Southern Vivek Shraya's debut collection ofA steamy bacchanal bending through time and space, replete with the occasional God, mythic creatures, and oh so many men. For centuries, the godling Nerites luxuriated in a shifting sexual paradise, hopping from one bathhouse to another from disco era Manhattan to Feudal Japan and back to where it all started: ancient Rome. When the dark shadow of his half brother, the sinister Obsidio, descends, his deadly kiss leaves bodies cooling in steam room