The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643620367 : PAP
- ISBN: 1643620363 : PAP
- Physical Description: 131 p. ;
- Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist 2021
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Library.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Homer Public Library. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 808 WAN (Text) | 000162922 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Publishers Weekly Review
The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void
Publishers Weekly
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In this extraordinary debut, Wang (Carceral Capitalism) creates a symbolist dream diary for catastrophic times. A cross between Mei-mei Berssenbrugge's elliptical poetic treatises and Marosa di Giorgio's fevered fables, Wang tells stories that begin in clarity but unfurl into complex landscapes, exploring the role of projection and imagination in our relationships. "People don't believe that the butterfly stays with me and their disbelief makes me crazy," Wang writes in "Companion Species." "They think I'm making it up so I take my foot out of my shoe and there she is, little yellow wings." In "The Resurrection of Angela," the familiar scene of the overlong poetry reading pivots as the speaker takes the stage "carrying Angela, my decapitated angel... She is dead but I do not know why or how she passed." The book engages with climate change and the apocalyptic, asking, "Can a book parry catastrophe?" At another point, Wang observes, "I have been having such strange and beautiful dreams lately," and readers will be grateful for these potent, dreamlike reflections. (Jan.)