Pliny and Other Problems

by Emily Fernandez

Pliny and Other Problems starts with the problems of ordinary life - a mother's midlife crisis - and the doings (and undoings) of aging and loss. In the central poems, Pliny the Elder's life and tome, Natural History, is playfully explored. Pliny mixes Roman mythology with observations of nature, and these poems build little narratives with his bizarre imagery. Nature is instructive and absurd, and the last section, "Supplications," contemplate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947240846
• ISBN13: 9781947240841
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Bamboo Dart Press
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.5" x 6.5"