The Apidictor Tapes

Paperback, 64 pages

English language

Published by New Rivers Press.

ISBN:
978-0-89823-406-0
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"Annette C. Boehm's new book, THE APIDICTOR TAPES, rather than concentrating on the hackneyed hum of things as so much of recent poetry does, homes in on particulars. Each poem is fused by a precise imagery one seldom sees these days. As Boehm says in 'The Glass Transition,' every bone in the body is 'a fulgurite, seeded by lightning.' That is just how tightly fused every poem in the collection stands. Her language will leave you chilled with its 'perfect clarity' of image and meaning--and with no abstractions marring its brilliance."--Jim Barnes

"From an elegiac 'translation' of the Narwhal, to sharp-witted interrogations of social cues, to poems that interrogate an era of school shootings, drones, and robots, the poems and personae of THE APODICTOR TAPES range and explode from their beautiful concision. Annette C. Boehm is an extraordinary poet whose imagination and lyrical control are brought in gorgeous tension through …

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Subjects

  • Poetry
  • Women's Studies
  • LGBTQIA Studies

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