The Ravenous Audience Contributor(s): Durbin, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 1933354887 ISBN-13: 9781933354880 Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd. OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General - Poetry | Women Authors |
Dewey: 811.6 |
LCCN: 2009922942 |
Series: Black Goat |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.39 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Christianity or cuisine, cinema or sex manuals, Eros or Thanatos, Artaud or Marilyn Monroe? Marry or suture or eat all of them and you are close to Ravenous. A brutal tour de force. --Juan Felipe Herrera, author of Half of the World in Light Durbin's debut volume sizzles...Throughout this deeply feminist, groundbreaking collection, she employs both the elemental forces of her intellect and a vigorous intensity of startling imagery to implode or explode conventional notions of sexuality and womanhood. --Maurya Simon, author of Cartographies Durbin writes first-rate traditional lyric poems, while at other times she writes poems that push the limits of the avant-garde and, most amazingly, at other times, she makes a loving marriage of the two This is an exceptional debut by a young poet burning with talent. --Thomas Lux, author of God Particles Black Goat is an independent poetry imprint of Akashic Books created and curated by award-winning Nigerian author Chris Abani (author of Becoming Abigail and Song for Night). Black Goat is committed to publishing well-crafted poetry with a focus on experimental or thematically challenging work. The series aims to create a proportional representation of female poets and non-American poets, particularly poets from Africa. Little Red Riding Hood, Jezebel, Catherine Breillat's Fat Girl, Marilyn Monroe, Amelia Earhart, Pier Paolo Pasolini's Christ--these are only a few of the archetypal and pop cultural characters that populate Kate Durbin's strange and mesmerizing coming-of-age poetry collection, The Ravenous Audience. |