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Synopsis
Poetry. "The poems in SECOND LAW are terse, precise, ecstatic and luminous. White letters serve as lures and traces through gaps of ordered scientific discourse the rapture of the poet's will remains captive and rejoicing. In these linked fragmentary linguistic structures Elizabeth Willis enters Bunyan's emblematic river another time; singing"--Susan Howe.
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About the Author
Elizabeth Willis is the author The Human Abstract, which won the National Poetry Series in 1997. She teaches at Mills College in Oakland.
Review
"Elizabeth Willis's work is a wonder: an open tangle of thought, a mark in the darkness, a sudden projection." -- Beverly Dahlen
"In these linked fragmentary linguistic structures Elizabeth Willis enters Bunyan's emblematic river another time; singing." -- Susan Howe
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- PublisherAvenue B
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0939691086
- ISBN 13 9780939691081
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages64
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Avenue B, 1992. Softcover. Book in good condition. Some warping of the book itself. Some scuff marks on the front and back side of the book, otherwise condition is good and all pages intact. Signed by Elizabeth Willis. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1594155355824
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Second Law
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine, unread, no marks. Seller Inventory # ABE-1724275679762
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Bolinas CA : Avenue B, 1993
ISBN 10: 0939691086
ISBN 13: 9780939691081
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Softcover. From the library of poet Tom Raworth. Presentation copy inscribed by the writer to Tom Raworth on titl-page. "for sharpshooter Tom with love (Paris Dec. 92 Elizabeth Willis". One of 750 copies. 63pp. Near Fine. Author's second book. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 10636
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