Double Jinx: Poems

by Nancy Reddy

Book Overview

Selected for the National Poetry Series by Alex Lemon, Double Jinx follows the multiple transformations--both figurative and literal--that accompany adolescence and adulthood, particularly for young women. Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Ovid's Metamorphoses, the fairy tales in Anne Sexton's Transformations, and the shifting dreamscapes of Brigit Pegeen Kelly's work, these poems track speakers as they make and remake themselves.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571314776
• ISBN13: 9781571314772
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"