Description
Poetry. "In Pattie McCarthy's wonderful new collection, NULLS, we are compelled to consider a collage of possible meetings which ultimately lead to birth-the birth of the poem, the birth of assumption, the birth of identity, and the birth of expectations and restraints which press upon any person with the aspiration to decode domestic entropy and to deftly shepherd living form. With urgency you will be asked, 'WHO SAYS THAT WOLVES ARE BAD MOTHERS?' and 'DO YOU HAVE YOUR EXHAUSTION LETTER?' McCarthy's asking is hypnotic, acute and probes discrete categories of collapse. NULLS beautifully demonstrates how iteration can become palimpsest, how 'invisible ink' may 'make your mouth noun' and how interrogation can cause fracture. NULLS provides proof that texts can change the dimensions of mental space and transmute or reveal the inaudible which exists alongside any transcription."—Laynie Browne
Author Bio
Pattie McCarthy is the author of seven books of poetry and over a dozen chapbooks. WIFTHING (2020) is her sixth book with Apogee Press–previous Apogee books by McCarthy include, most recently, QUIET BOOK(2016) and MARYBONES(2012). She is a non-tenure track associate professor in the English Department at Temple University, where she teaches literature and creative writing.
Author City: PHILADELPHIA, PA USA