A feature on my poetry written by Lana Durjava and illustrated by David Istvan published in the Slovenian magazine Tribuna. Below is the article translated to English from the Slovene by the author.

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Baudelaire of the 21st century. On acid.
Or Brentley Frazer or the man who knows too much

by Lana Durjava

Language is a virus. Language infects. Language alienates people and kills their authenticity. Language cleaves and generates repression. Language is the basic mechanism of subordination to the ruling power. Brentley Frazer, Australian poet, painter, photographer, Gonzo journalist and the founder and editor of literary magazine Retort Magazine, is all too aware of these roles and functions of language. But still. In his works the language is surely at least up to a certain level maintaining the characteristics mentioned above, but it is, nevertheless, becoming a tool of rebellion against the said, on the exploitation based principles. One could say that the language in Frazer’s poetry becomes a tool of exposing the true nature of postmodern relationships of power. Frazer is systematically and effectively using the discourse of oppressors in the fight against themselves.

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