North True South Bright

by Dan Beachy-Quick

Book Overview

This smart, lyrical collection explores the dangers of a world so complex that no single consciousness may grasp it--however much the attempt must be made. Following historical and imagined figures as they encounter specific moments or objects (such as Thomas Hariot in the Ameri-can Wilderness of the late 16th century), the poems attempt to record the unraveling of the safe and singular into a multiplicity of unknowns. Impelled by metaphor and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882295382
• ISBN13: 9781882295388
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Alice James Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 8.7"