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“[Kimiko] Hahn’s frankness . . . allows [these poems] to stand out as starkly fresh as the carnivorous plants she describes.”American Poet
For Kimiko Hahn, the language and imagery of science open up magical possibilities for the poet. In her haunting eighth collection inspired by articles from the weekly “Science” section of the New York Times, Hahn explores identity, extinction, and survival using exotic tropes drawn from the realms of astrophysics, mycology, paleobotany, and other rarefied fields. With warmth and generosity, Hahn mines the world of science in these elegant, ardent poems.
from “On Deceit as Survival”Yet another species resembles
a female bumble bee,
ending in frustrated trysts
or appears to be two fractious males
which also attractsno surprise
a third curious enough to join the fray.
What to make of highly evolved Beauty
bent on deception as survival
For Kimiko Hahn, the language and imagery of science open up magical possibilities for the poet. In her haunting eighth collection inspired by articles from the weekly “Science” section of the New York Times, Hahn explores identity, extinction, and survival using exotic tropes drawn from the realms of astrophysics, mycology, paleobotany, and other rarefied fields. With warmth and generosity, Hahn mines the world of science in these elegant, ardent poems.
from “On Deceit as Survival”Yet another species resembles
a female bumble bee,
ending in frustrated trysts
or appears to be two fractious males
which also attractsno surprise
a third curious enough to join the fray.
What to make of highly evolved Beauty
bent on deception as survival
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780393341140 |
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Publisher: | Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. |
Publication date: | 10/03/2011 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 124 |
Sales rank: | 851,674 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.40(d) |
About the Author
Kimiko Hahn is the author of ten collections of poems. Her honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a PEN/Voelcker Award, and a Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize. She is a distinguished professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation, Queens College, City University of New York, and lives in Queens.
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