| Autobiography of a Wound: Poems Contributor(s): Rebele-Henry, Brynne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822965674 ISBN-13: 9780822965671 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Lgbt - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| Series: Pitt Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.30 lbs) 88 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Gay - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the AWP 2017 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry In ancient fertility carvings, artists would drill holes into the woman's body to signify penetrability, which is the basis of Autobiography of a Wound: allowing those wounds and puncture marks to speak through the fertility figures. The wounds are chronicled through letters and poems addressed to F (F stands for the fertility carvings themselves, which are being addressed as one unified deity), and A (Aphrodite, who is being referenced as a general deity of womanhood, a figurine that reappears throughout the poems, and a symbol that is referenced or portrayed in almost every fertility figurine or carving). Autobiography of a Wound reconstructs the narrative surrounding female pathos and the idea of the hysteric girl. |