Two Signatures
University of Utah Press, 2024
Paper: 978-1-64769-186-8 | eISBN: 978-1-64769-187-5
Library of Congress Classification PS3606.O+
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Paper: 978-1-64769-186-8 | eISBN: 978-1-64769-187-5
Library of Congress Classification PS3606.O+
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In Two Signatures, Sara Ellen Fowler initiates her readers into a synesthetic contract of close attention and deep feeling. From the wood floor of an art museum buckling with Lake Michigan moisture, to the mud-packed hooves of the horse of childhood, to an art student’s spit on a pane of mirrored glass, the poems’ images string together a necklace of exquisite longing. Pleasures and complexities of sensory experience lay the ground for a world where risk is rewarded and candor is sensual. The poet explores registers of desire and power, drawing upon her training as a visual artist to make a studio of language. Temperature and texture gain grammar as the poems reach toward awe via multivalent psychology, sex, and sculptural interventions. These poems invite readers to explore the vulnerability and insistence that mark one’s devotion to any creative practice.
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