The Sri Lankan Loxodrome
Will Alexander$12.71
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the maps one comes to know
are but boulders which are shattered by spoilage
--Will Alexander
In navigation a loxodrome, or rhumb-line, is a line that crosses all meridians at the same angle, maintaining one compass direction, a path of constant bearing. In his breakthrough poetry collection, The Sri Lankan Loxodrome, Will Alexander connects this theme to a lone Sri Lankan sailor who beheads sea snakes as an ongoing meditation while sailing the expanse of the Indian Ocean. Along the way he meets various African communities as he journeys eastward, from Madagascar to Sri Lanka. In lush, perfumed language filled with the spirit of Aimé Césaire and Sun Ra, Alexander maps an epic voyage unlike any other in contemporary poetry.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 09/29/2009
ISBN: 9780811218290
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.36d
are but boulders which are shattered by spoilage
--Will Alexander
In navigation a loxodrome, or rhumb-line, is a line that crosses all meridians at the same angle, maintaining one compass direction, a path of constant bearing. In his breakthrough poetry collection, The Sri Lankan Loxodrome, Will Alexander connects this theme to a lone Sri Lankan sailor who beheads sea snakes as an ongoing meditation while sailing the expanse of the Indian Ocean. Along the way he meets various African communities as he journeys eastward, from Madagascar to Sri Lanka. In lush, perfumed language filled with the spirit of Aimé Césaire and Sun Ra, Alexander maps an epic voyage unlike any other in contemporary poetry.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 09/29/2009
ISBN: 9780811218290
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.36d