Axis Z (Paperback)

A.J. Carruthers

ISBN 10: 0645761605 / ISBN 13: 9780645761603

Published by Cordite Publishing Inc., 2023

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Paperback. In A J Carruthers's new poetry collection, collisions between disparate languages, histories and ideas - each with their own distinct voices - are staged through a visually arresting and innovative approach to form. Drawing on media such as musical notation, Carruthers writes in vertical verse stanzas that can be read in any direction; recalling the the palindromic poems in the Chinese poetic tradition, they challenge the dominant linear mode of thinking and writing in the West. Z book 3 is the third book in the AXIS series, a lifelong project begun in 2011.'This book was written in the midst of a grave imbalance among the axes of the world. Voices not my own came from innumerable places and times to speak.' - A J Carruthers'AXIS Z Book 3 bears the empathy of this poet for the world, while also bearing witness to the limits of language in the face of human progress.' - Wang Guanglin Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Axis Z (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cordite Publishing Inc.
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0645761605
• ISBN 13: 9780645761603
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The poems in A J Carruthers's new collection are iconoclastic: drawing on different media, such as musical notation, and avoiding standard forms, they recall the palindromic poems in the Chinese poetic tradition. The vertical verse stanzas, which can be read in any direction, challenge the dominant linear mode of thinking and writing in the West. This is more than a game of words, however: AXIS Z BOOK 3 bears the empathy of this poet for the world, while also bearing witness to the limits of language in the face of human progress.

Poetry.