Bestiary

by Elise Paschen and Cleo Qian

"The poems in Elise Paschen's Bestiary explore domestic preoccupations set against the backdrop of the wild-heartedness, real and imagined, of the animal world," praises the poet Jason Shinder. In this modern-day Bestiary, or "Book of Beasts," the line between animal and human is thinly-drawn - the daughter of a Celtic king, through love, is transformed from beast to human; lovers take flight as moon and owl; manatees transform, before...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597091316
• ISBN13: 9781597091312
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Red Hen Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.7"