Finding the Weight of Things: Larry Eigner's Ecrippoetics

by George Hart

An innovative study of how a prescient poet imagined ecology and embodiment

Larry Eigner (1927-1996) wrote thousands of poems in his lifetime, despite profound physical limitations caused by cerebral palsy. Using only the thumb and index finger of his right hand, Eigner generated a torrent of urgent and rich language, participating in vital correspondences as well as publishing widely in literary magazines and poetry journals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817321136
• ISBN13: 9780817321130
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"