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Punctum
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- Book Synopsis
- "In Punctum:, Lesley Jenike's new collection, she writes, 'It's our language: what can we call a thing / that is and is not.' These poems are haunted by a 'non-child,' a child who was not to be born, and with it, a life the speaker was not to live. Absence itself becomes a nearly tangible presence. I don't know how Jenike does it-breaks your heart and makes you want more-but I can't remember the last time I read poems as smart and sure and devastatingly precise in their language, imagery, and feeling. In a poem about a fateful ultrasound, one that reveals no fetal heartbeat, she writes, 'the doctor calls it "practice," snapping off // the screen, tearing up the spit-out photograph. / "Next time," she says, "it'll be the real thing."' Mark my words: these poems are-and this poet is-the real thing. Punctum: is a remarkable accomplishment."
- About The Author
- Lesley Jenike's poems have appeared in Poetry, The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Smartish Pace, Rattle, and many other journals. An earlier collection, Holy Island, was published in 2014.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781606353332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press, (30 January 2017)
- Number of Pages
- 32
- Weight
- 249 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 210 x 137 x 25 mm
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