Pliny and Other Problems - Softcover

Fernandez, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1947240846 ISBN 13: 9781947240841

Publisher: Bamboo Dart Press, 2023

Synopsis

Pliny and Other Problems starts with the problems of ordinary life - a mother's midlife crisis - and the doings (and undoings) of aging and loss. In the central poems, Pliny the Elder's life and tome, Natural History, is playfully explored. Pliny mixes Roman mythology with observations of nature, and these poems build little narratives with his bizarre imagery. Nature is instructive and absurd, and the last section, "Supplications," contemplate the ways it demands our attention and awe. Though life in late-stage capitalism, aka the Anthropocene, is uncertain at best, and catastrophic at worst, it doesn't mean one cannot find some joy.

About this title

About the Author

Emily Fernandez is an Associate Professor of English at Pasadena City College and the author of the chapbook Procession of Martyrs (Finishing Line Press, 2018). Her poems have been published in SHIFT, Antithesis Journal, Black Fork Review, Pangyrus, The Dewdrop, Angel City Review, Tiny Seed Journal and others. She lives in El Sereno, an eastside neighborhood in Los Angeles, with her family, and she spends her Saturday mornings at the beach. She writes, teaches, prays, protests, and tends to her loved ones, animals, and plants. She does none of this with much patience or grace, but she is still learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bamboo Dart Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1947240846
• ISBN 13: 9781947240841
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68