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The Sanctity of Rhyme: The Metaphysics of Crying 4 Kafka in Prose and Verse
Erika Blair, author
The Sanctity of Rhyme is a metamusical exegesis, in poetry and prose, of an Americana Desolation Punk Rock band, Crying 4 Kafka. Though band narratives generally follow a simple formula (e.g. unbridled sex, excessive drugs, trace elements of plot, etc.) this book is different. The Sanctity of Rhyme is a singular poetic vision that draws freely from the traditions of Elizabeth Bishop, Joseph Brodsky, B.H. Fairchild, Rimbaud, Anne Sexton, Jack Spicer and others, crafted with the cadence and manic energy of punk rock and slam poetry. Essays, fictive authors and conversations, lyrics, flyers, photos, drawings, and remnants of parental abuse populate the text. The Sanctity of Rhyme is ultimately a tribute to personal autonomy and artistic freedom.
Reviews
Dante Alghero, poet
Somewhere in between Rimbaud’s “A Season in Hell” and a postcard from Dr. Bronner, mixed and mastered by Jack Spicer after two hits of mescaline. A fantastic book.
Kathy “Hellflower” Ackerman, Music Executive, Bewildered Records
Will this band ever find commercial success? Decades from now people will still be trying to figure these guys out. What we really need is a codebook. “The Sanctity of Rhyme” is a start – exhilarating and defiant – but as the reader will soon discover, we now need a codebook for the codebook.
W.H. Awesome, DJ, principal baritone El Gran Teatro de Marfa
Nobody’s going to read this. Too challenging and subversive. That’s a pity. It’s fuckin’ dinamita, uncommonly thought-provoking and sublime.
