Retribution Forthcoming: Poems

by Arvind Singhal

Book Overview

Influenced by Alice Notley, Eileen Myles, Rachel Zucker, and other poets of the New York school, the poems in Retribution Forthcoming blend a talky, quick, funny voice with candid examinations of gender norms, class pressures, and the existential. Their speaker explores her mortality anxiety through her experiences of gendered exploitation, reflecting on bodily autonomy and the nexus of violences that women face. Using oblique and direct strategies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821411500
• ISBN13: 9780821411506
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A Vital Contribution to the Social Sciences

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