New poetry collection from Peter Balakian, author of Ozone Journal,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize. In these poems, Peter Balakian
wrestles with national and global cultural and political realities,
including challenges for the human species amid planetary
transmutation and the impact of mass violence on the self and
culture. At the collection's heart is "No Sign," another in
Balakian's series of long-form poems, following
"A-Train/Ziggurat/Elegy" and "Ozone Journal," which appeared in his
previous two collections. In this dialogical multi-sectioned poem,
an estranged couple encounters each other, after years, on the
cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades. The dialogue that ensues
reveals the evolution of a kaleidoscopic memory spanning decades,
reflecting on the geological history of Earth and the climate
crisis, the film Hiroshima Mon Amour, the Vietnam War, a visionary
encounter with the George Washington Bridge, and the enduring power
of love.. Whether meditating on the sensuality of fruits and
vegetables, the COVID-19 pandemic, the trauma and memory of the
Armenian genocide, James Baldwin in France, or Arshile Gorky in New
York City, Balakian's layered, elliptical language, wired phrases,
and shifting tempos engage both life's harshness and beauty and
define his inventive and distinctive style.
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