| Gossamurmur Contributor(s): Waldman, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143123084 ISBN-13: 9780143123088 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Women Authors - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2012040614 |
| Series: Penguin Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.40 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fascinating new work from an internationally renowned poet Acclaimed for her visionary, incantatory verse and her experimental ethos, Anne Waldman's newest book-length poem is an allegory of a radical spirit in lockdown, dominated by "Deciders" and "Imposters" who threaten the future of poetry and its archive. A doppelganger nightmare ensues: the imposter "Anne" is a succubus, and the original Anne has to break free from a metaphorical castle of torture and psychological domination. There are travels through Vedic cosmology and ancient Japan before resolution on a treeless tundra, where fragile life forms struggle to survive. Waldman's oracular poem is a witty meditation on identity theft and a searing plea for the primacy of imagination and for collective sanity in our provocative yet precarious time. |