Trophic Cascade
by Camille T. Dungy
Wesleyan University Press (Mar 07, 2017)
Poetry, Hardcover, 92 pages
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Description of Trophic Cascade by Camille T. Dungy
Winner of the Colorado Book Award in Poetry (2018)
In this fourth book in a series of award-winning survival narratives, Dungy writes positioned at a fulcrum, bringing a new life into the world even as her elders are passing on. In a time of massive environmental degradation, violence and abuse of power, a world in which we all must survive, these poems resonate within and beyond the scope of the human realms, delicately balancing between conflicting loci of attention. Dwelling between vibrancy and its opposite, Dungy writes in a single poem about a mother, a daughter, Smokin’ Joe Frazier, brittle stars, giant boulders, and a dead blue whale. These poems are written in the face of despair to hold an impossible love and a commitment to hope. A readers companion will be availabe at wesleyan.edu/wespress/readerscompanions.

Additional Book Information:
- ISBN: 9780819577191
- Imprint: Wesleyan University Press
- Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
- Parent Company: Wesleyan University
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