Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, Amy Gerstlerās new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. In thirty-seven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a CD of Beethoven symphonies to an earthy exploration of toast. Gerstlerās abiding interestsāin love and mourning, in science and pseudoscience, in the idea of an afterlife, in seances and magicāare all represented here. Entertaining and erudite, complex yet accessible, these poems will enhance Gerstlerās reputation as an important contemporary poet.
Sly and sophisticated, direct, playful, and profound, Amy Gerstlerās new collection highlights her distinctive poetic style. In thirty-seven poems, using a variety of dramatic voices and visual techniques, she finds meaning in unexpected places, from a tour of a doll hospital to an ad for a CD of Beethoven symphonies to an earthy exploration of toast. Gerstlerās abiding interestsāin love and mourning, in science and pseudoscience, in the idea of an afterlife, in seances and magicāare all represented here. Entertaining and erudite, complex yet accessible, these poems will enhance Gerstlerās reputation as an important contemporary poet.