A Poetry Book Society Spring 2019 Recommendation. In Discipline,
her third collection, Jane Yeh depicts a haunting and hilarious
variety of lives, from an endangered young rhinoceros to the
denizens of the 1980s New York club scene. These multifaceted poems
explore what identity isn’t and is, as performance, as struggle,
as change, as art, with penetrating wit, channeling the voices of
outsiders, artists, misfits, and others. Discipline inhabits the
space between the real and the surreal, a mash-up of deadpan humour
and heartbreaking imagery where novelty T-shirts and lady astronaut
centaurs can coexist. The poems are triggered by videos, paintings
and installations by contemporary artists, animals and city life.
They bristle with striking details and observations. Imaginary
landscapes converge with episodes from recent history: power,
resistance and the structures of oppression are seen inexorably in
operation. These miniature dramas perform their own autopsies:
`Sweet, then sour. My lips the colour of Doubt’.
General
| Imprint: |
Carcanet Press Ltd
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 2019 |
| Authors: |
Jane Yeh
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 135 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
64 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78410-707-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-78410-707-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781784107079 |
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