The octopus museum : poems
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
68 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
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"This collection of bold and scathingly beautiful feminist poems imagines what comes after our current age of environmental destruction, racism, sexism, and divisive politics. Informed by Brenda Shaughnessy's craft as a poet and her worst fears as a mother, the poems in The Octopus Museum blaze forth from her pen: in these pages, we see that what was once a generalized fear for our children (car accidents, falling from a tree) is now hyper-reasonable, specific, and multiple: school shootings, nuclear attack, loss of health care, a polluted planet. As Shaughnessy conjures our potential future, she movingly (and often with humor) envisions an age where cephalopods might rule over humankind, a fate she suggests we may just deserve after destroying their oceans. These heartbreaking, terrified poems are the battle cry of a woman who is fighting for the survival of the world she loves, and a stirring exhibition of who we are as a civilization"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Shaughnessy, B. (2019). The octopus museum: poems (First Edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shaughnessy, Brenda, 1970-. 2019. The Octopus Museum: Poems. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shaughnessy, Brenda, 1970-. The Octopus Museum: Poems Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Shaughnessy, Brenda. The Octopus Museum: Poems First Edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
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