The Black Automaton (National Poetry Series)
Wheeler reconstructs her mother’s voice—down to its cynicism and its mid twentieth-century midwestern vernacular—in “The Maud Poems,†a voice that takes a more aggressive, vituperative turn in “The Devil—or—The Introjects.†In the book’s third long sequence, a generational inheritance feeds cultural transmission in “The Split.†A set of variations on losses and break-ups—wildly, darkly funny throughout and, in places, devastatingly sad—“The Split†brings Wheeler’s lauded inventiveness, wit, and insight to the profound loss of love. One read, and the meme “Should I stay or should I go?†will be altered in your head forever.Â
Country | USA |
Author | Susan Wheeler |
Binding | Paperback |
EAN | 9781609381271 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN | 1609381270 |
Label | University Of Iowa Press |
Manufacturer | University Of Iowa Press |
NumberOfItems | 1 |
NumberOfPages | 87 |
PublicationDate | 2012-10-01 |
Publisher | University Of Iowa Press |
ReleaseDate | 2012-10-01 |
Studio | University Of Iowa Press |