Scattered at Sea (Penguin Poets)

Scattered at Sea (Penguin Poets)

A dazzling new collection from an award-winning poet--longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry"

Amy Gerstler has won acclaim for sly, sophisticated, and subversive poems that find meaning in unexpected places. The title of her new collection, Scattered at Sea, evokes notions of dispersion, diaspora, sowing oneâ€™s wild oats, having oneâ€™s mind expanded or blown, losing oneâ€™s wits, and mortality. Making use of dramatic monologue, elegy, humor, and collage, these poems explore hedonism, gender, ancestry, reincarnation, bereavement, and the nature of prayer. Groping for an inclusive, imaginative, postmodern spirituality, they draw from an array of sources, including the philosophy of the ancient Stoics, diagnostic tests for Alzheimerâ€™s disease, 1950s recipes, the Babylonian Talmud, and Walter Benjaminâ€™s writing on his drug experiences.
Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Paperback
Color Yellow
ReleaseDate 2015-05-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780143126898

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