Starship Tahiti

by Brandon Dean Lamson

The poems in Brandon Dean Lamson's first volume, Starship Tahiti, explore imprisoned bodies and the tension between captivity and imagination. Beginning on Rikers Island, the book traces a creation myth in reverse, moving from prison to the spacious arches of Grand Central Station to the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.

Lamson examines themes of violence, gender, and identity in various real and imagined settings where inmates read Antigone,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625340095
• ISBN13: 9781625340092
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"