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Useful Junk

Erika Meitner
4.22/5 (88 ratings)
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In her previous five collections of poems, Erika Meitner has established herself as one of America’s most incisive observers, cherished for her remarkable ability to temper catastrophe with tenderness. Meitner’s sixth collection, Useful Junk, explores memory, desire, and the various ways the body sees and is seen. Part travelogue, part dream journal, part epistle, these poems arrive right on time with their wisdom, wit, and wonder. With dauntless vulnerability, Meitner travels a world of strip malls, supermarkets, airplanes, and subway platforms, remaining porous and open to the world, always returning to the intimacies rooted deep within the self as a shout against the dying earth. These poems affirm that we are made of every intimate moment we have ever had, and plumb the ways in which digital technologies—sexting, Uber, selfies, Instagram—are reframing self-image and shifting the ratios of risk and reward in erotic encounters. Boldly affirming that pleasure is a vital form of knowledge, Useful Junk reminds us that our selves are made real and beautiful by our embodied experiences, and that our desire is what keeps us alive.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
104 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
BOA Editions
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1950774538
ISBN13:
9781950774531
kindle Asin:
B09XPHNWX7

Useful Junk

Erika Meitner
4.22/5 (88 ratings)
Read Download
In her previous five collections of poems, Erika Meitner has established herself as one of America’s most incisive observers, cherished for her remarkable ability to temper catastrophe with tenderness. Meitner’s sixth collection, Useful Junk, explores memory, desire, and the various ways the body sees and is seen. Part travelogue, part dream journal, part epistle, these poems arrive right on time with their wisdom, wit, and wonder. With dauntless vulnerability, Meitner travels a world of strip malls, supermarkets, airplanes, and subway platforms, remaining porous and open to the world, always returning to the intimacies rooted deep within the self as a shout against the dying earth. These poems affirm that we are made of every intimate moment we have ever had, and plumb the ways in which digital technologies—sexting, Uber, selfies, Instagram—are reframing self-image and shifting the ratios of risk and reward in erotic encounters. Boldly affirming that pleasure is a vital form of knowledge, Useful Junk reminds us that our selves are made real and beautiful by our embodied experiences, and that our desire is what keeps us alive.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
104 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
BOA Editions
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1950774538
ISBN13:
9781950774531
kindle Asin:
B09XPHNWX7

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