They and We Will Get Into Trouble for This

By Anna Moschovakis

Book Overview

Anna Moschovakis measures words, crosses languages, and invents forms. In a mode of inquiry, friction, and barbed naivet , these four long poems trouble notions of history, self-knowledge, and intimacy, insisting that "how to be" is a question we can never tire of confronting.

From "Paradise (film two)":

/ Being raised in science / under the sign of logic / I never understood how certain / promises / could be made / I could say "I promise / that unless something unexpected happens / I will do the dishes every night / this week" / I was very literal / especially with my lovers / I could say "I love you today" / but not "I will love you tomorrow" /

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566894204
• ISBN13: 9781566894203
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.8"