Released September 30th 2020 // 178 pages
 
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY AUTUMN 2020 TRANSLATION CHOICE
 
Three Books, translated by Kristine Ong Muslim, with illustrations by Erika M. Carreon, is an essential introduction to the work of Filipino poet Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles. It includes Arguelles’ previous works Chi, Mal, and Antares. Arguelles’ poetry is a result of his unique deconstructive processes: intensely curated erasures from a variety of primary texts. The final product, further amplified by translation, is a hyper-modern, radical poetry, minimalist in style and important not just for what it includes, but also for what it excludes.