The Ghost Forest
New and Selected Poems
Will be published approx. on 15. October 2024
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-1-324-08606-2 (ISBN)
Description
Opening with forty-three new formally inventive poems and leading the reader back in time through selections from her ten previous volumes, The Ghost Forest offers a contemplative and haunting narrative of a writer's artistic journey through craft and form while illuminating her personal history. Exploring the mysteries of science, nature, and the experiences of contemporary womanhood, Hahn both reinvents classic Japanese forms and experiments with traditional Western ones. Braided into the poems and narrative thread, a series of photos transforms the new-and-selected into a hybrid autobiography. This arresting collection derives new beauty from long-gone remnants.
A Riotous Disorder
She mistakes one word for another-
Something her brain naturally concocts.
Her unruly gray matter and her heart
Mistake one word for an other-
Razor for river, cistern for sister.
Even cock for clock.
She mistakes one word for a mother-
A safe her brain naturally unlocks.-
A Riotous Disorder
She mistakes one word for another-
Something her brain naturally concocts.
Her unruly gray matter and her heart
Mistake one word for an other-
Razor for river, cistern for sister.
Even cock for clock.
She mistakes one word for a mother-
A safe her brain naturally unlocks.-
Reviews / Votes
"Setting 43 new works alongside poems chosen from Hahn's 10 previous collections, this volume highlights her formal range and themes informed by her Japanese American heritage." -- Publishers Weekly "A rich primer of formal play and one of 2024's gems...Hahn's formal "fooling around," another phrase from the section notes, thrives from origins in curiosity turned fascination." -- Rebecca Morgan Frank - Literary HubMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
26 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
626 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-324-08606-2 (9781324086062)
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E-Book
10/2024
W. W. Norton & Company
€25.99
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Person
Kimiko Hahn, the poet laureate of New York, has written more than ten poetry collections. A chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, she has won a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for Lifetime Achievement, among other awards. Hahn teaches at Queens College, City University of New York, and lives in New York.