The Maybe-Bird

THE MAYBE-BIRD by Jennifer Elise Foerster

THE MAYBE-BIRD marks Jennifer Elise Foerster as a visionary voice in contemporary poetry. Through a spiraling sequence of lyric poems, a cast of voices--oracles, ghosts, water--speaks to a long history of genocide, displacement, and ecological devastation. Foerster uses new poetic forms and a highly conceptual framework to build these poems from myth, memory, and historical document, resurfacing Mvskoke language and story on the palimpsest of Southeastern U.S. history. Foerster leads us on a journey through the visible and invisible landscapes of our human story, through what feels like multiple lifetimes, where we hear the language of the shifting weather, and stand on the haunted edge of the world.

Poetry. Native American Studies.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Song Cave
Published: 06/01/2022
ISBN: 9781737277552
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/20/2022