SCORPYN ODES

Browne, Laynie, Inscribed

ISBN 10: 1888553707 / ISBN 13: 9781888553703

Published by Kore Press, 2015

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Inscribed by "Laynie" dated 2015. Near Fine paperback first edition with 2 circular stamps on the title page. Numbered pages. ; UO13 B POE; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SCORPYN ODES
• Publisher: Kore Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1888553707
• ISBN 13: 9781888553703
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Poetry. SCORPYN ODES explores the iconic history of the scorpion in literature and mythology, as animal and constellation, demon, poison and guardian. What may be learned from a species with a four-hundred-million year history? How might evolutionary intelligence be a lens through which to consider various cultural maladies? Verse odes are interspersed with prose departures, and muse upon the many literal and metaphorical connotations of leaving. What must we celebrate, and from what must we depart in order to reaffirm a more sustainable humanity? What is the human equivalent to molting? What happens when disintegration of landscape becomes internalized? What depths of loss do we traverse in a time when toxicity challenges our ability to see our surroundings? How to build a house of hope with the potency to counter symptomatic forgetfulness? This work explores the possibility of "departure" as locomotion or energy source, travel and incantatory momentum.

About the Author

Laynie Browne was born and grew up in Los Angeles. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, and Brown University and was awarded The Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative Poetry three times. She is the author of a novel and nine collections of poetry, most recently SCORPYN ODES (Kore Press, 2015), P R A C T I C E (SplitLevel Texts, 2015), LOST PARKOUR PS(ALMS) (Presses Universitaires de Rouen, 2014), ROSEATE, POINTS OF GOLD (Dusie Press, 2011), THE DESIRES OF LETTERS (Counterpath Press, 2010), THE SCENTED FOX (Wave Books, 2007, winner of the National Poetry Series), and DAILY SONNETS (Counterpath Press, 2007). She is co-editor of I'LL DROWN MY BOOK: CONCEPTUAL WRITING BY WOMEN (Les Figues Press, 2012) and editor of an anthology of original essays on the Poet's Novel. She teaches at University of Pennsylvania and at Swarthmore College.