The Poetics of Wrongness

Rachel Zucker

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English

Wave Books
16 May 2023

Poetry; Literary essays; Literary studies: poetry & poets

The Poetics of Wrongness is a collection of essay/talks that the poet Rachel Zucker, expanded from lectures presented for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series in 2016.

I write against. My poetics is a poetics of opposition and provocation that I never outgrew. Against the status quo or the powers that be, writing out of and into wrongness."" Thus, Zucker deftly dismantles the outdated paradigms of motherhood, aesthetics, feminism, poetics, and politics. Bringing Bernadette Mayer, Marina Abramovic, Alice Notley, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde-among many others-into the conversation, Zucker questions the categories that have been imposed on poetry, as well as a poet's need to speak, and the resulting responsibilities. Prescient in their original observations, these expanded talks seek to respond to and engage the many political events since their presentation, remaining timelessly persistent in their galvanizing force.

By: Rachel Zucker
Imprint: Wave Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 152mm, Width: 209mm, Spine: 25mm
ISBN: 9781950268702
ISBN 10: 1950268705
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 16 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel Zuckeris the author ofThe Poetics of Wrongness.

Reviews for The Poetics of Wrongness

""Her clean, tempered prose style is an ideal delivery system for her weaponized observations.""—Chicago Tribune ""Rachel Zucker may be Generation X’s likeliest heir to the confessional legacy of Sylvia Plath, Louise Glück, and Sharon Olds.""—The Believer ""Zucker renders even the simplest inquiries—such as 'hasn’t anyone tried to stop this?'—resonant and profound in this restless and thoughtful book.""—starred review for SOUNDMACHINE, Publishers Weekly