{"product_id":"kevin-killian-padam-padam-collected-poems","title":"Kevin Killian: Padam Padam - Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNightboat Books, 2025, softcover, 384 pages, 15.2 x 22.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA posthumous celebration of the poet and provocateur Kevin Killian,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePadam Padam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epulses with camp, pop culture, and pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKevin Killian—the puckish poet, playwright, novelist, scholar, and impresario of the Bay Area arts community—channeled the charisma of the pop stars. Pulled from his legendary corpus, and long out of print, the work collected here is the record of Killian’s life as a radical littérateur. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArgento Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Killian conjures the horror, suspense, and cinematic imagery of director Dario Argento as he documents the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAction Kylie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he revels in queer identity and the universal love of fandom. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTweaky Village\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTony Greene Era\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Killian elevates artists and friends to legendary status within his personal pantheon. And \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eElements\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Killian’s wink at the periodic table, makes its U.S. debut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection features an introduction by Kay Gabriel, who writes of Killian’s “fabulous, permissive body of work, charming, filthy and smarmy at turns, with its retchable milk enemas and its devilish twists.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310505042304,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/91_qfiVID5L._SY522.jpg?v=1769441152","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/kevin-killian-padam-padam-collected-poems","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}