Aim Straight at the Fountain and Press Vaporize [Paperback]

Elizabeth Marie Young (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2009

An exuberant skeptic, Elizabeth Marie Young writes in the infidel hope that writing itself can create worlds. She coins new myths, drawing in classical material only to see how it looks wrestling in the mud with surfers, yogis, and cyborgs. These hilariously erudite prose poems are cosmologies--miniature, ever-expanding universes crammed with over-active particulars.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Let us declare that one of the tasks of poetry is to linguisticate--to create refulgent and extraordinary language-worlds and rule over them with wit and felicity. This is the achievement of the luminous, quick-hearted, luscious poems in Liz Young's brilliant debut volume. It is an enormous achievement--the creation of language-lavish landscapes in which the imagination is never exhausted. This volume is a guide to alternative word-worlds--it is their index. those who read those worlds will learn a great deal about this one--and the next." (Lyn Hejinian )

About the Author

ELIZABETH MARIE YOUNG recently completed her PhD in Comparative Literature at UC-Berkeley. In New York she played in several experimental noise bands, DJ’d at WKCR-FM, taught high school, and helped edit the Poetry Project Newsletter. She now teaches Latin, ancient Greek and English poetry at Wellesley College. Her work has appeared in the collections Ghosting Atoms and Viz. A chapbook came out in 2008 from Omahrahu.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Fence Books (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934200247
• ISBN-13: 978-1934200247
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,085,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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