{"product_id":"this-elegance","title":"This Elegance","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781960145949\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (US)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: BOA Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterweaving the sacred and the erotic, \u003ci\u003eThis Elegance\u003c\/i\u003e engages with visual arts through the concept of \u003ci\u003esacra conversazione\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\"sacred conversation\"), a style of Renaissance painting that imagines divine communion across time and space.\u003c\/b\u003e Here, artists, thinkers, and pop icons commune in a similar sacred dialogue-Kathleen Collins, Andre Leon Talley, Richmond Barthe, Lyle Ashton Harris, Juan de Pareja, Janelle Mone, Symone, and others appear as guiding spirits and creative kin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a Black, queer person so often dislocated from time and place, pleasure becomes an act of resistance-a grounding in the now. \u003ci\u003eThis Elegance\u003c\/i\u003e is a love song-an offering to Black artistry, a tribute to visionary lives, and a testament to the power of beauty in even our most precarious moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859904110725,"sku":"PR434083","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG90WHDV86Y.jpg?v=1789111634","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/this-elegance","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}