Marginal Utility |
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| Author:
| McTague, Tracey |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7323647-3-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2019 |
| Publisher: | Trembling Pillow Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.00USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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Poetry. "Tracey McTague treats words as marvels of nature and concentrates them. She writes most lines as independent units in a collage poetics, yet the self-aware passions of her unconscious conjure a pagan abandon. She sees beyond the senses and beyond sentences. A pent-up-ness sweeps away grammar. Many of her lines read like 13-stroke Chinese characters in translation. Her clipped lyricism suits a scale that is galaxy big, including cigarettes and a thong. Primal, not primitive....
More DescriptionPoetry. "Tracey McTague treats words as marvels of nature and concentrates them. She writes most lines as independent units in a collage poetics, yet the self-aware passions of her unconscious conjure a pagan abandon. She sees beyond the senses and beyond sentences. A pent-up-ness sweeps away grammar. Many of her lines read like 13-stroke Chinese characters in translation. Her clipped lyricism suits a scale that is galaxy big, including cigarettes and a thong. Primal, not primitive. MARGINAL UTILITY is a safe ride with a dangerous driver, and you'll be left excited."--John Godfrey