Polynomials and Pollen: Parables, Proverbs, Paradigms and Praise for Lois

by Jay Wright

Book Overview

A gift for his wife, Jay Wright s Polynomials and Pollen explores the complementary exigencies of abstraction and physicality. In five sections, each arranged under the aegis of a tutelary concept from the Yoruba, Akan, Bamana, and Nahuatl the book is a constellation of protophilosophical inquiry into notions of order, disarray, evidence, flowering, and return; it is also a dynamically visceral work whose feelingtones register rage as well as devotion."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564784991
• ISBN13: 9781564784995
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher