| Groundspeed Contributor(s): Phillips, Emilia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1629220353 ISBN-13: 9781629220352 Publisher: University of Akron Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811 |
| LCCN: 2015048933 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8.5" (0.53 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Groundspeed moves and doesn't stop moving. From pastorals on American highways to self-reckonings after a cancer diagnosis to examinations on grief and transience after the death of a brother, this collection of poems asks readers not only to size up threats but anxieties. Phillips witnesses a small plane crash and examines roadside attractions. She reckons with sexuality after a partner asks for a threesome, and renders a candid portrait of a nude, post-surgery body in a mirror. In this raw and personal book, Phillips insists upon one's own preservation through and beyond grief and trauma with the warning "creation is only // myth; destruction narrative." |
