Just a fantastic book overall. I happened to read a review for this book in the weird poetry journal Spectral Realms, published by the same publisher, Hippocampus Press.

I had a feeling I might enjoy it, and indeed, it was a delightful dark read. It is shame that David Park Barnitz died so young but

Reading through The Book of Jade reminds me of a time I tried 2-CB, a psychedelic drug with effects similar to LSD and MDMA. A half-hour after taking this small pill, I'm lying on my bed and have a vision of a Laurence of Arabia-type character riding in the desert on a stallion into the sunset. He i

Mostly underwhelming.

An absolutely gorgeous edition of the decadent poems of the criminally unknown poet David Park Barnitz. Highly recommended for fans of Poe, Baudelaire, and Lovecraft

Decadent and symbolist.

A treasure trove of macabre and decadent lyrics. Though some of the poems are hit-and-miss, several are quite excellent and on the whole the read is very rewarding. the new edition by Schultz and Abolafia is a remarkable and laudable work of scholarship.

A charming and underrated volume of Decadent verse. The rhythm, rhyme scheme and figurative language can get pretty wonky in places, but overall it's worthy of praise. The book reads like one long poetic suicide note (because, in effect, it was).

Some great music to listen to while you read this:

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