5.0 out of 5 stars
Palimsest of Poetry Over a Dream of History, December 20, 2008
This review is from: The Method (Paperback)
Not a collection, but forty-four poems making up a single work. From a review on Jacob Russell's Barking Dog: "Simply the best book of poetry I've read in long time." From the book jacket: The original "Method is a manuscript of theorems and proofs written and diagrammed by the mathematician Archimedes in Syracuse around 250 BC."
"A book lost, found, written over by prayers and bills of lading, stolen leaves transported to Cambridge, auctioned at Chirstie's, a journey become a dream palimpsest by Sasha Steensen. Read in a single gulp this morning from which I pulled myself free as reluctantly as from my morning dreams of a few hours earlier. Found yesterday at Robins lying on the table in the back where books of poetry are shelved, this is poetry that makes me wish there were no need in my life for anything but reading poetry."
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