Modern Life

Matthea Harvey's Modern Life introduces a new voice that tries to exist in the gray area between good and evil, love and hate. In the central sequences, "The Future of Terror" and "The Terror of the Future," Harvey imagines citizens and soldiers at the end of their wits at the impending end of the world. Her prose pieces and lyrics examine the divided, halved self in poems about centaurs, ship figureheads, and a robot boy. Throughout, Harvey's signature wit and concision show us the double-sided nature of reality, of what we see and what we know.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 10/02/2007
ISBN: 9781555974800
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.28d
Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/17/2007 pg. 37
Library Journal 11/15/2007 pg. 62
New York Times Book Review 02/17/2008 pg. 12
New York Times Book Review 02/24/2008 pg. 26
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/07/2008 pg. 10