What We’re Reading: To Float in the Space Between by Terrance Hayes
Making a case for what he terms “liquid poetics,” Hayes suggests that great art comes from the ability to stay loose, to change tacks, to shape shift in response to these shifting, mysterious factors. Hayes’ sustained emphasis on personal poetics as both liquid and descendant creates a way for his readers (colleagues, family, fans) to find themselves within the fluctuating matrix he proposes.