What Is Otherwise Infinite
Poems
Zando · Print & ebook · January 18, 2022
Finalist for the New England Book Award in Poetry and the Vermont Book Award As heard on NPR Morning Edition A New York Public Library Best Book of 2022 A searching, startling new collection of poems from the author of The Möbius Strip Club of Grief and Someone Else’s Wedding Vows Written in four sections with incisive and vivid lyrical language, Bianca Stone’s What Is Otherwise Infinite considers how we find our place in the world through themes of philosophy, religion, environment, myth, and psychology. “I deal only in the hardest pain-revivers, symbols and tongues,” writes Stone. “I want to tell you only / in the intimacy of our discomfort.” Populated by Archangels, limping in paradise; by allergies of the soul; the intimacy and danger of motherhood; psychic wounds; and dirty, dirty chocolate layer cake, What Is Otherwise Infinite deftly examines our inherent and inherited ideas of how to live, and the experience of the Self—which on one hand is so intensely personal, and on the other, universal.
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- Who it’s for
- Vivid lyric poems bring philosophy, myth, and the messiness of being human into close conversation.
- Themes
- Selfhood and belonging, Motherhood and inherited ideas, Philosophy, religion, and myth
- Genres
- Inspirational & Religious Poetry, Poetry About Death, American Poetry
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Finalist for the New England Book Award in Poetry and the Vermont Book Award As heard on NPR Morning Edition A New York Public Library Best Book of 2022 A searching, startling new collection of poems from the author of The Möbius Strip Club of Grief and Someone Else’s Wedding Vows Written in four sections with incisive and vivid lyrical language, Bianca Stone’s What Is Otherwise Infinite considers how we find our place in the world through themes of philosophy, religion, environment, myth, and psychology.
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“I deal only in the hardest pain-revivers, symbols and tongues,” writes Stone. “I want to tell you only / in the intimacy of our discomfort.” Populated by Archangels, limping in paradise; by allergies of the soul; the intimacy and danger of motherhood; psychic wounds; and dirty, dirty chocolate layer cake, What Is Otherwise Infinite deftly examines our inherent and inherited ideas of how to live, and the experience of the Self—which on one hand is so intensely personal, and on the other, universal.
Intimate, Unruly Poems
Vivid lyric poems bring philosophy, myth, and the messiness of being human into close conversation.
Come here for
- A searching blend of religion, environment, psychology, and myth
- The strange company of archangels, soul allergies, and chocolate cake
Expect
- Four sections of incisive, vivid lyrical language
- Personal discomfort opening onto questions that feel universal
Where it sits
| Inspirational & Religious Poetry | 56% |
|---|---|
| Poetry About Death | 35% |
| American Poetry | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- American Poetry
- Poetry About Death
- Women Poets
- Authors
- Bianca Stone
- Publisher
- Zando
- Published
- January 18, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Selfhood and belonging · Motherhood and inherited ideas · Philosophy, religion, and myth
- Reading lane
- American Poetry