Library of Small Catastrophes

Library of Small Catastrophes, Alison Rollins' ambitious debut collection, interrogates the body and nation as storehouses of countless tragedies. Drawing from Jorge Luis Borges' fascination with the library, Rollins uses the concept of the archive to offer a lyric history of the ways in which we process loss. "Memory is about the future, not the past," she writes, and rather than shying away from the anger, anxiety, and mourning of her narrators, Rollins' poetry seeks to challenge the status quo, engaging in a diverse, boundary-defying dialogue with an ever-present reminder of the ways race, sexuality, spirituality, violence, and American culture collide.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 04/23/2019
ISBN: 9781556595394
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2019 pg. 16
Publishers Weekly 03/18/2019