Second Story: Poems

by Denise Duhamel

When her Florida apartment is damaged by the ferocity of Hurricane Irma, Duhamel turns to Dante and terza rima, reconstructing the form into the long poem "Terza Irma." Throughout the book she investigates our near-catastrophic ecological and political moment, hyperaware of her own complicity, resistance, and agency. She writes odes to her favorite uncle--who was "green" before it was a hashtag--and Mother Nature via a retro margarine commercial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822966530
• ISBN13: 9780822966531
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.8"