In her new collection, renowned publisher and poet Rebecca Wolff voyages in the myopia of American consumer consciousness-erotic regard, spiritual FOMO, gentrification, branding-without destination.
Labyrinthine in their paradoxical musings and incisive in their witty recriminations, these poems grapple with the hubris and dysmorphia of the soul. Wolff is a poet that is unafraid to be a querent, not only of sages (""I only hang out with people / who are psychic / anything else is a / waste of precious / continuity"") but of language itself (""How else is one to know how to proceed / How is one to make a motion against- / electric word life"") InSlight Return, the journey is infinite and elusive-aspiring in the best way toward a point of diminishing returns and withholding any promise of a comfortable landing.
By:
Rebecca Wolff
Imprint: Wave Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 152mm,
Width: 209mm,
Spine: 12mm
ISBN: 9781950268658
ISBN 10: 1950268659
Pages: 116
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents1 The character of something experiment in voice and character #1 Experiment in Divination: Voice and Character experiment in voice and character #3 Experiment in Voice and Character: “In the absence of general literacy Experiment: Institutional Critique The Narrative of Their Execution/The Execution of Their Narrative 2 On Sunday I Water the Plants if I were more orderly I am the _____________ Objective Reality Can Take Care of Itself Like all my enthusiasms Raga You Bet The Big Pic is a Total Art Shot Scales have fallen from my eyes The Singing Revolution The Lens of Porcelain Slight Return 3 Corrective: A Companion What’s with the arid ground context is everything That’s not how my imagination works Austerity Rabbit Cage Will you disassociate with me? Political Animals Halloween The supernatural 4 rock heart This was almost more excitement This = This There is Nothing Like a Good Shit Up Close & Personal Cheerful whistling of the kettle Why do you inspire Peak Experience Okay, so Minus the Supernatural Reincarnations Class Clown I know what I’ll do I’ll pretend you’re dead I am always trying to amuse you Yet another perfect example of how it’s not all about me 64 5 Institutional Memory: check your head Protecting my interests In your recent campaign against me An Insult to Biology My Lawyer Said That I Should Call Her I was, objectively, a happier person, when I was with you. Visiting Friends 6 Shame on you for thinking people can’t change If I wanted something exquisite Dear Jen Why don’t you go down to Florida and look for your daddy How do you objectify the day You are perfect for me Was It Hubris It’s like kissing a dead man Why I am not a Buddhist Wizard of the Western World Start A Book Ant Life
Rebecca Wolffwas publishedby Wave Books in 2015.Slight Return; in 2001 she founded Fence Books and launched The Constant Critic website. Wolff lives in Hudson, New York, where she has served on the City Council and works in community development, with an emphasis on affordable housing and green trades training.
Reviews for Slight Return
"""[Wolff’s poems] are stylistic and tonal shapeshifters. Hip, contemplative, and dark and resistant to the hunky-dory, the New Agey, and the prescriptive, they’re unnerving, funny, and occasionally subversive.""— Bookforum ""Wolff's [poetry has] nervy, controlled lyric bursts....Nearing yet swerving from bathos, [she is a poet with] a gift for shrewd summings-up.""—Chicago Tribune ""In a space where ""It all happens so fast—/ ovulation, creation, cremation,"" a variety of poses, or figments, may seem all that is left. Wolff's poems manage to make embracing them seem like a genuine possibility.""—Publishers Weekly"
- Winner of Barnard Women Poets Prize 2003 (United States)
- Winner of National Poetry Series 2001 (United States)
