{"product_id":"this-elegance-by-derrick-austin-9781960145949","title":"This Elegance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterweaving the sacred and the erotic, \u003cem\u003eThis Elegance\u003c\/em\u003e engages with visual arts through the concept of \u003cem\u003esacra conversazione\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (\"sacred conversation\"), a style of Renaissance painting that imagines divine communion across time and space. 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 Monáe, Symone, and others appear as guiding spirits and creative kin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor a Black, queer person so often dislocated from time and place, pleasure becomes an act of resistance—a grounding in the now. \u003cem\u003eThis Elegance\u003c\/em\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608197775596,"sku":"9781960145949","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/05f48baf6bc6e72736937ffbf3c8b2d6.jpg?v=1778202336","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/this-elegance-by-derrick-austin-9781960145949","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}