Alexei Perry Cox, Revolution / Re: Evolution

Just in time to save us all comes the poetic antidote to 2020, c/o poet & revolutionary Alexei Perry Cox. With skepticism and love, this work explores both the failure and potential at the heart of all revolutions. This chap forms part of a larger work that contends with the Cuban Revolution of 1953-59, the Cultural Revolution in China of 1966-79, the Civil War of Lebanon of 1975-90 and the Arab Spring in the MENA region of 2010-11, as well as ongoing revolutions in the lands currently known as the United States and Canada. Serving both heartache and healing, Perry Cox stokes the fires our collective futures risen from the ashes of uprisings past, present, and still to come. ¡Viva la Revolución!

This beauty is a two-part flipbook—that’s right, ya heard us—first comes Revolution read from one side, then flip over to read Re:Evolution!

Lovingly designed and typset by Kate Siklosi. Hand-bound and silkscreened in gold thread and ink by Dani Spinosa & Kate Siklosi.

Sample Poem

from “Revolution.”