A book-length poem from the author of more than forty books including Marriage: A Sentence and The Iovis Trilogy describes how her doppelganger must break free from a metaphorical dungeon in order to stay sane and survive. Original. Presents a narrative poem about identity and time travel in which an imposter spirit is held in a metaphorical prison by Deciders who threaten the future of imagination and poetry. A fascinating new work from an internationally renowned poet Acclaimed for her visionary, incantatory verse and her experimental ethos, Anne Waldmans newest book-length poem is an allegory of a radical spirit in lockdown, dominated by Deciders and Imposters who threaten the future of poetry and its archive. A doppelganger nightmare ensues: the imposter Anne is a succubus, and the original Anne has to break free from a metaphorical castle of torture and psychological domination. There are travels through Vedic cosmology and ancient Japan before resolution on a treeless tundra, where fragile life forms struggle to survive. Waldmans oracular poem is a witty meditation on identity theft and a searing plea for the primacy of imagination and for collective sanity in our provocative yet precarious time. A fascinating new work from an internationally renowned poetAcclaimed for her visionary, incantatory verse and her experimental ethos, Anne Waldmans newest book-length poem is an allegory of a radical spirit in lockdown, dominated by "Deciders" and "Imposters" who threaten the future of poetry and its archive. A doppelganger nightmare ensues: the imposter "Anne" is a succubus, and the original Anne has to break free from a metaphorical castle of torture and psychological domination. There are travels through Vedic cosmology and ancient Japan before resolution on a treeless tundra, where fragile life forms struggle to survive. Waldmans oracular poem is a witty meditation on identity theft and a searing plea for the primacy of imagination and for collective sanity in our provocative yet precarious time.
