"The Lichtenberg Figures," winner of the Hayden Carruth Award,
is an unconventional sonnet sequence that interrogates the
relationship between language and memory, violence and form.
"Lichtenberg figures" are fern-like electrical patterns that can
appear on (and quickly fade from) the bodies of people struck by
lightning.
Throughout this playful and elegiac debut--with its flashes of
autobiography, intellection, comedy, and critique--the vocabulary
of academic theory collides with American slang and the idiom of
the Old Testament meets the jargon of the Internet to display an
eclectic sensibility.
Ben Lerner, the youngest poet ever published by Copper Canyon
Press, is co-founder of "No: a journal of the arts." He earned an
MFA from Brown University and is currently a Fulbright scholar in
Spain.
General
| Imprint: |
Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Hayden Carruth Award for New and Emerging Poets |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| First published: |
September 2004 |
| Authors: |
Ben Lerner
|
| Dimensions: |
241 x 177 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
96 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-55659-211-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: texts >
Poetry texts & anthologies >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-55659-211-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781556592119 |
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