Gut - Couverture souple

Larson, Amanda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1632430975 ISBN 13 : 9781632430977

Editeur : Omnidawn, 2021

Synopsis

These poems follow the aftermath of and recovery from trauma.

Amanda Larson’s Gut begins with an epigraph from Frank O’Hara: “Pain always produces logic, which is very bad for you.” From there, Larson launches an unflinching interrogation of how a young woman maintains agency in the wake of trauma, violence, and desire. Larson spins a conversation between works of feminist theory—including the those of Cathy Caruth, Susan Bordo, Patricia Hill Collins, Anne Carson, Hélène Cixous, and bell hooks—and her own experiences. The book moves through Larson’s recovery while questioning the limits of the very term and of language as a whole. She employs a variety of different forms, including prose, Q&A poems, and a timeline, reflecting both the speaker’s obsession with control and her growing willingness to let it go. With a measured voice, Larson finds a path for how to move beyond logic during processes of trauma and recovery.

Gut won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Contest, selected by Jericho Brown.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Amanda Larson is a writer from New Jersey, and she is currently an MFA Candidate in Poetry at New York University. Her writing has appeared in the Michigan Quarterly Review, Washington Square Review, and other publications.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Omnidawn
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1632430975
• ISBN 13: 9781632430977
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 104
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible