Mercury Amends "The Gorgeous Nothings is proof

"The Gorgeous Nothings is proof that one of our most important poets can still amaze and teach us new thing about the practice of poetry

In this paradox of coolness and hyperbole

In celebration of the poem’s 150th anniversary

Eliot Weinberger

Mercury Amends "The Gorgeous Nothings is proofAriana Reines Composed in the direct, accessible, consciousness piercing style readers of Ariana Reines first two books are wildly enamored of, Mercury comprises a group of long poems. These interlocking works speak to the substance and essence of what is said, transmitted, transacted, communicated between persons. Reines proposes that substance and essence are opposites, and explores this in contexts including commercial cinema and internet porn.