Category: Adults, Misc. Non-fiction, Poetry
Language: EnglishKeywords: Transformation
Written by Amy Gerstler
Read by Amy Gerstler
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
A poet renowned for her âwit and complexityâ (Poetry Foundation) explores the endless evolution and malleability of life on earth in her most curious, inventive collection to date
Arenât we all shape-shifters? Is any animal, vegetable, or mineralâeven a commonplace objectâwhat it seems to be at any given moment? Who isnât juggling constant transformations, conflicting roles, changing loyalties, loves, perceptions, and selves, all while being pummeled by shifting devotions, emotions, and obsessions? Do even the dead continue to evolve in surprising ways?
Reveling in these questions, Gerstlerâs latest protean poetry collection includes loose sonnets, shapely praise of Mae West, the lament of an actor who canât shed his costume, dramatic monologues, whiffs of gender slippage, a love lyric to the bride of Frankenstein, and a ten-minute play.
Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
Release date: 04-01-25
A poet renowned for her âwit and complexityâ (Poetry Foundation) explores the endless evolution and malleability of life on earth in her most curious, inventive collection to date
Arenât we all shape-shifters? Is any animal, vegetable, or mineralâeven a commonplace objectâwhat it seems to be at any given moment? Who isnât juggling constant transformations, conflicting roles, changing loyalties, loves, perceptions, and selves, all while being pummeled by shifting devotions, emotions, and obsessions? Do even the dead continue to evolve in surprising ways?
Reveling in these questions, Gerstlerâs latest protean poetry collection includes loose sonnets, shapely praise of Mae West, the lament of an actor who canât shed his costume, dramatic monologues, whiffs of gender slippage, a love lyric to the bride of Frankenstein, and a ten-minute play.
Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
Release date: 04-01-25