ASHTON POLITANOFF’S new book is either his first or second novel, depending on whether you classify his debut, You’ll Like It Here, as a novel. Released by Dalkey Archive in 2022, You’ll Like It Here mixes archival research with found poetry in rendering a haunting portrait of Redondo Beach, California, at the turn of the 20th century. It’s a strange, magnetic, destabilizing text—exactly the kind of work you’d expect from a frequent contributor to Diane Williams’s influential, experimental literary annual NOON.
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