Larson Amanda - Gut - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: These poems follow the aftermath of and recovery from trauma. Amanda Larson's Gut begins with an epigraph from Frank O Hara: Pain always produces logic which is very bad for you. From there Larson launches an unflinching interrogation of how a young woman maintains agency in the wake of trauma violence and desire. Larson spins a conversation between works of feminist theory including the those of Cathy Caruth Susan Bordo Patricia Hill Collins Anne Carson H l ne Cixous and bell hooks and her own experiences. The book moves through Larson's recovery while questioning the limits of the very term and of language as a whole. She employs a variety of different forms including prose Q& A poems and a timeline reflecting both the speaker's obsession with control and her growing willingness to let it go. With a measured voice Larson finds a path for how to move beyond logic during processes of trauma and recovery. Gut won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Contest selected by Jericho Brown.
Title: Gut
Author(s): Larson Amanda
Publisher: Omnidawn Publishing
Barcode: 9781632430977
Pages: 104 Pages
Publication Date: 12/2/2021
Category: Poetry