I Do Know Some Things -

Descriere I Do Know Some Things -

\nTold through unflinching prose poetry, I Do Know Some Things navigates the fractured landmarks of family trauma and personal history. \n\n Richard Siken's long anticipated third collection, I Do Know Some Things, navigates the fractured landmarks of family trauma: a mother abandons her son, a husband chooses death over his wife. While excavating these losses, personal history unfolds. We witness Siken experience the death of a boyfriend and a stroke that is neglectfully misdiagnosed as a panic attack. Here, we grapple with the fear of a body forgetting itself--the mind that / didn't work, the leg that wouldn't move...--and the fear of waiting to see what a body can and cannot relearn. Meditations on language are woven throughout the collection. Nouns won't connect and Siken must speak around a meaning: dark-struck, slumber-felt, sleep-clogged. To say black tree when one means night. Part insight, part anecdote, Siken is meticulous and fearless in his explorations of the stories that build a self. Told in 77 prose poems, I Do Know Some Things teaches us about transformation. We learn to shoulder the dark, to find beauty in The field [that] had been swept clean of habit. \n \nThe long-anticipated third collection from the revered Richard Siken delivers his most personal and introspective collection yet.\n \n \n\n \nRichard Siken's long-anticipated third collection, I Do Know Some Things, navigates the ruptured landmarks of family trauma: a mother abandons her son, a husband chooses death over his wife. While excavating these losses, personal history unfolds. We witness Siken experience the death of a boyfriend and a stroke that is neglectfully misdiagnosed as a panic attack. Here, we grapple with a body forgetting itself--the mind that / didn't work, the leg that wouldn't move.... Meditations on language are woven throughout the collection. Nouns won't connect and Siken must speak around a meaning: dark-struck, slumber-felt, sleep-clogged. To say black tree when one means night.Siken asks us to consider what a body can and cannot relearn. Part insight, part anecdote, he is meticulous and fearless in his explorations of the stories that build a self. Told in 77 prose poems, I Do Know Some Things teaches us about transformation. We learn to shoulder the dark, to find beauty in The field [that] had been swept clean of habit.\n

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Copper Canyon Press

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ENSTK

EAN / GTIN

9781556596247

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1

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