Black Aperture: Poems

Black Aperture: Poems

In his moving debut collection, Matt Rasmussen faces the tragedy of his brother's suicide, refusing to focus on the expected pathos, blurring the edge between grief and humor. In "Outgoing," the speaker erases his brother's answering machine message to save his family from "the shame of dead you / answering calls." In other poems, once-ordinary objects become dreamlike. A buried light bulb blooms downward, "a flower / of smoldering filaments." A refrigerator holds an evening landscape, "a tinfoil lake," "vegetables / dying in the crisper." Destructive and redemptive, Black Aperture opens to the complicated entanglements of mourning: damage and healing, sorrow and laughter, and torment balanced with moments of relief.
Country USA
Brand LSU Press
Manufacturer LSU Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, black and white
ReleaseDate 2013-05-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780807150863

Country	USA
Brand	LSU Press
Manufacturer	LSU Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, black and white
ReleaseDate	2013-05-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780807150863

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