Paperback. Just as Odin's ravens, named Huginn and Muninn (translated to Thought and Memory), would whisper everything he couldn't see, so too do these and other mythical ravens-of Athena, the Biblical Eve and Noah, Coronis, and others-function in Jamison's essay collection: they are tools to interpret and make meaning of their world, rent as it is between the rural and urban, the romantic and abusive, where language is both surfeit and dearth. This collection sees mythical ravens murmur alongside the actual bone and viscera of crows, starlings, and pigeons in disarming explorations of desire and destruction, the body and creation. Carrion is an ambitiously structured collection that honors the literary forebears at its center while lamenting our inability to communicate anything-love, need, hope-except in metaphors. Teach me to bury this. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Carrion (Paperback)
Publisher: Red Hen Press, Pasadena
Publication Date: 2024
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1636281168
ISBN 13: 9781636281162
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Just as Odin’s ravens, named Huginn and Muninn (translated to Thought and Memory), would whisper everything he couldn’t see, so too do these and other mythical ravens—of Athena, the Biblical Eve and Noah, Coronis, and others—function in Jamison’s essay collection: they are tools to interpret and make meaning of their world, rent as it is between the rural and urban, the romantic and abusive, where language is both surfeit and dearth. This collection sees mythical ravens murmur alongside the actual bone and viscera of crows, starlings, and pigeons in disarming explorations of desire and destruction, the body and creation. Carrion is an ambitiously structured collection that honors the literary forebears at its center while lamenting our inability to communicate anything—love, need, hope—except in metaphors.

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WES JAMISON is an assistant professor of English at Defiance College. They were awarded the 2021 Quill Prose Award for their essay collection, Carrion, and their essay and Melancholia was selected as a winner of Essay Press's Chapbook Contest. Their work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and selected as Notables in Best American Essays. Their work also appears in DIAGRAM, The Rumpus, Tupelo Quarterly, After the Art, and elsewhere. Jamison currently lives in the Midwest with their partner and cat.

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