Mezzanine
Poems
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 18, 2021
In her striking collection of poems, Zoë Hitzig investigates how we seek certitude, power, and domination over the natural world and one another.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in lyric poetry about power, nature, and social systems
- Themes
- Power and domination, Uncertainty and precariousness, Systems and authority
- Genres
- Poetry, Political & Protest Poetry, Nature Poetry
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In her striking collection of poems, Zoë Hitzig investigates how we seek certitude, power, and domination over the natural world and one another. Hitzig brings a scientific rigor to her searing lyricism, as well as a raucous energy and willingness to allow her work to dwell in states of uncertainty and precariousness. The result is an original voice that is incisive and unsparing, but also passionate and tender.
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Her poems probe the authority of language and logic, questioning the sovereignty of the technological, economic, legal, and political systems that mediate our lives. Urgent in its creation of a new way of looking at our social and natural worlds, Mezzanine is an insightful and visceral debut collection from a poet whose work is poised to leave a lasting mark.
Where it sits
| Nature Poetry | 55% |
|---|---|
| Poetry | 41% |
| Political & Protest Poetry | 35% |
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Publisher categories
- American Poetry
- Epic Poetry
- Medieval Poetry
- Poetry About Death
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- Love Poetry
- Nature Poetry
- Place Poetry
- Family Poems
- Authors
- Zoe Hitzig
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 18, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Power and domination · Uncertainty and precariousness · Systems and authority
- Reading lane
- American Poetry