| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
94 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"Winner of the 2019 Forward and Roehampton Prizes, Vertigo & Ghost pitches quickly into an "addictive, thrilling, sickening" (John Self, Guardian) sequence of graphic, stunning pieces about Zeus as a serial rapist, for whom woman are prey and sex is weaponized. These are frank, brilliant, devastating poems of vulnerability and rage. In the book's second half, acclaimed poet Fiona Benson shifts to an intimate and lyrical document of depression, family life, and early motherhood. Vertigo & Ghost introduces an important British voice to an American audience, a voice that speaks out with clarity, grace, and bravery against abuse of power"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: PART ONE -- Ace of Bass -- Zeus -- [Zeus] days I talked with Zeus -- [archives] Zeus on parole -- [archives] Zeus given light sentence -- [personal] Rape is rarely what you think -- [surveillance: track and field] -- [surveillance: bull kneeling] -- [Zeus] / Like These Magazines -- [personal: speedo] -- [Zeus: anatomical dolls] -- [personal] He tracked me down -- [transformation: Nemesis] -- [Zeus: Danae] -- [Zeus: Semele] -- [transformation: Io] -- [archives] The day Zeus came to the safe-house -- [Zeus] WHAT I LOVE -- [Zeus addendum] -- [forensics] -- [Zeus: or, the problem with God] -- [transformation: Cyane] -- [not-Zeus: Medusa 1] -- [not-Zeus: Medusa 2] -- [not-Zeus: Medusa 3] -- [closed circuit] Zeus in the electric chair -- [surveillance] Zeus under sedation -- [transformation: Daphne] -- [screenplay] -- [Zeus: oubliette] -- [surveillance] Zeus hooked up -- [transformation: Callisto] -- [surveillance] Zeus watching carp -- [surveillance] Thunder, immanence -- [Daughter of Zeus: Pallas Athena] -- [votive] Hera vouchsafe -- [translations from the annals: Ganymede] -- PART TWO -- Dear Comrade of the boarding house -- Two Sparrows -- Marcela Sonnets 3 & 4 -- Almond Blossom -- Fly -- Toad -- After the Flood -- Haruspex -- Beatitude -- White Nose Disease -- Ectopic / Yellow Seahorse -- Blue Heron -- Song for the Rabbit Man -- Wildebeest -- Afterbirth -- Placenta -- In the milk days of your sister -- Daughter Drowning -- Ruins -- Termite Queen -- Moon -- Cells -- Love Poem, Lucca -- Portrait of our Daughters -- Meningitis -- Heavenly Bodies -- Village -- Hide and Seek -- Wood Song -- Mexican Free-Tail Bats -- Eurofighter Typhoon. |
| Subject |
English poetry -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| Added Title |
Vertigo and ghost |
| ISBN |
9780393541861 (hardcover) |
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039354186X (hardcover) |
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9780393541878 electronic publication |
| Standard No. |
40030619055 |
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