Body Thesaurus Poems

In her second book, Jennifer Militello investigates the tensions of identity as a source of illness and health. "Body thesaurus" presents the human physique as a flawed conduit and, through poems highlighting symptoms, antidotes, and diagnostic tests, seeks alternate renderings for the complexities of self. Even as the endangered psyche supplies a filter, gods are confronted, maladies are faced, and actualities are marked, remembered, or lost. The beauty of struggle and the chance for redemption act as counterstream, increasingly evident and again and again in the poet's verse indisputably real.

Year

2013

Language

English

Publisher

Tupelo Press

Editions

1

Pages

79

ISBN

9781936797288

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