A fascinating new work from an internationally renowned poet
Acclaimed
for her visionary, incantatory verse and her experimental ethos, Anne
Waldman's newest book-length poem is an allegory of a radical spirit in
lockdown, dominated by "Deciders" and "Imposters" who threaten the
future of poetry and its archive. A doppelganger nightmare ensues: the
imposter "Anne" is a succubus, and the original Anne has to break free
from a metaphorical castle of torture and psychological domination.
There are travels through Vedic cosmology and ancient Japan before
resolution on a treeless tundra, where fragile life forms struggle to
survive. Waldman's oracular poem is a witty meditation on identity theft
and a searing plea for the primacy of imagination and for collective
sanity in our provocative yet precarious time.
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