Translations from Bark Beetle: Poems

by Jody Gladding

"A powerful, eerie book." --CECILIA VICU A

In this inspired collection, acclaimed poet and translator Jody Gladding takes the physical, elemental world as her point of inquiry, examining how language arises from landscape, and deriving a lexicon for these poems from the rich offerings of the world around her.

In some poems, Gladding steps into the role of translator, interpreting fragments left by bark beetles or transcribing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571314555
• ISBN13: 9781571314550
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"