This astonishing, self-assured debut leads us on an exploration to the stars and back, begging us to reconsider our boundaries of self, time, space, and knowledge. The speaker writes,

Space Struck

This astonishing, self-assured debut leads us on an exploration to the stars and back, begging us to reconsider our boundaries of self, time, space, and knowledge. The speaker writes, â€œâ€¦the universe/is an arrow/without end/and it asks only one question;/How dare you?â€

Zig-zagging through the realms of nature, science, and religion, one finds St. Francis sighing in the corner of a studio apartment, tides that are caused by millions of oysters â€œgasping in unison,â€ an ark filled with women in its stables, and prayers that reach God fastest by balloon. Thereâ€™s pathos: â€œWhen my new lover tells me Iâ€™m correct to love him, I/realize the sound isnâ€™t metal at all. Itâ€™s not the coins rattling/ on concrete, but the fingers scraping to pick them up.â€ And humor, too: â€œâ€¦even the sunâ€™s been sighing Not you again/when it sees me.â€ After reading this far-reaching, inventive collection, we too are startled, space struck, our pockets gloriously â€œfilled with space dust.â€
Country USA
Brand Sarabande Books
Manufacturer Sarabande Books
Binding Paperback
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UnitCount 1
EANs 9781946448446
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Space Struck