Black Box
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- Synopsis
- "Belieu's poems use a vernacular of their own to suggest a noir world of erotic innuendo and red lights waiting to be run."-Neon. Black Box is a raw, intense book, fueled by a devastating infidelity. With her marriage shattered, Erin Belieu sifts the wreckage for the black box, the record of disaster. Propelled by a blistering and clarifying rage, she composed at fever pitch and produced riveting, unforgettable poems, such as the ten-part sequence "In the Red Dress I Wear to Your Funeral": I root through your remains, looking for the black box. Nothing left but glossy chunks, a pimp's platinum tooth clanking inside the urn. I play you over and over, my beloved conspiracy, my personal Zapruder film-look... When Belieu was invited by the Poetry Foundation to keep a public journal on their new website, readers responded to the Black Box poems, calling them "dark, twisted, disturbed, and disturbing" and Belieu a "frightening genius." All true.
- Copyright:
- 2006
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 67 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781556592515
- Publisher:
- Copper Canyon Press
- Date of Addition:
- 05/30/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Erin Belieu
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Poetry, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Jon Pielaet
- Proofread By:
- stephanie moubray
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.