The 117th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, in which
Mary-Alice Daniel confronts tricontinental culture shock and her
curious placement within many worlds  “Against humans
creating hell on earth, Daniel draws on animistic, Islamic, and
syncretic Christian traditions from her native Nigeria to unleash
potent incantations, rituals and spells, electric as St. Elmo’s
fire. Buckle up.”—Rae Armantrout, judge  In Mass for
Shut-Ins, African and Western mythic systems and modern rituals
originate an ill-omened universe. Here, it is always night, grim
night, under absurd moons. Venturing through dreamscapes,
hellscapes, and lurid landscapes, poems map speculative fields of
spiritual warfare. This collection is controlled chaos powered by
nightmare fuel. It animates an utterly odd organism: a cosmology
cobbled with scripture, superstition, mass media, mad science.
Horrid, holy, unholy—these pages overrun with the unhinged,
intrusive thoughts that obsess us all late into nighttime.
General
Imprint: |
Yale University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Yale Series of Younger Poets, 117 |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
Authors: |
Mary-Alice Daniel
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Foreword by: |
Rae Armantrout
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
120 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-26799-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-300-26799-1 |
Barcode: |
9780300267990 |
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