Complicated Grief (Solid Objects)

Complicated Grief (Solid Objects)

Poetry. "From the internet, I learn that 'complicated grief' designates a bereavement disorder in which, instead of fading with time, the pain of loss remains as acute as it was in the beginning. But from Laura Mullen's book I learn that complicated grief also names something else: not a sufferer's excruciating condition, but a writer's exhilarating achievement. Here, the incapacity to move on from 'old' psychic scenarios has been itself complicated by a formidable prose that not only refuses to get over them but even works to revive them in all their undying (Mullen would say: undead) vigor. To these unstintingly reimagined ancient historiesâ€”ranging from fairy tale and yesteryear's news item to childhood trauma and grownup broken heartâ€”Mullen gives all the hyperrealist precision of a dream: every turn and phrase starts at you. And not the least of this book's disconcerting, but strangely salutary, powers is that, under its stimulus, you can't help starting back."â€”D.A. Miller

In a way (the way I'm taking it) Laura Mullen's COMPLICATED GRIEF follows (with giant dropouts) everything she knows about being a monster. Her aegis covers women (young ones and aging), un-natural disasters and literature. If something packed could wander like Julianne Moore's mind, to the benefit of everyone, but more like a whole department store or a library feeling snarky, shuffled itself and somehow it was wise.â€”Eileen Myles

One of the deep pleasures of this book is to be in the presence of a mind fully alive to the contradictions of what it is to be a sentient being, thinking and feeling while simultaneously thinking of feeling. I found myself marveling word-by-word, page after page. One thought: How often are we offered the opportunity to watch a mind form the mental construct we call "a thought," and why is it so rare? The world is here, seeping brilliantly through the seams, made utterly new.â€”Nick Flynn
Country USA
Brand Solid Objects
Manufacturer Solid Objects
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780984414284
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Solid Objects
Manufacturer	Solid Objects
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780984414284
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Complicated Grief (Solid Objects)

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