Essbaum, Jill Alexander
The Devastation
- ISBN 13:
- 9780984192816
- author:
- Essbaum, Jill Alexander
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Cooper Dillon Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 34
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 14 x 0.2 centimeters (0.0
- Genre:
- Poetry, American, Poetry,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Jill Alexander Essbaum's long poem chapbook explores the intersection of sex and divinity with a unique blend of wordplay and nuanced attention to rhyme and meter. Influenced by various literary traditions, Essbaum's poems bring together seemingly disparate themes in a thought-provoking way. Born in Texas, poet and editor Jill Alexander Essbaum draws on her diverse influences, including Edna St. Vincent Millay, Simon Armitage, and Sylvia Plath, to create a distinctive voice that is both provocative and well-crafted. Her poems have been praised for their memorable imagery and unique realization of form. This chapbook showcases Essbaum's remarkable ability to balance eroticism and religiosity in a way that is both surprising and compelling.