In this strange, funny, and fast-paced book, How to Flit, flitting is something like the opposite of counting: skipping from one phrasal unit to the next, without accumulation or consistent measure. These poems are filled with numbers, but they are not mathematical; the lines feel intuitively arranged, and they make a kind of intuitive sense. The unit of composition is surprise: the poems flit between discursive registers quickly. The dominant...
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