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Curtin, Curt G

 
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Synopsis

What does a poet do with string theory? With chaos mathematics, with the Big Bang, with the neuroscience of thought? In Weaving Science and Soul, Curt Curtin answers with poems that range from the subatomic to the cosmic, and always return to the human.

Organized in three movements-A Habitable Planet, Meditations, and Last Light-this collection traces a life's arc of questioning. Curtin draws on evolutionary biology, quantum physics, and superstring theory not as scientific argument but as living metaphor, finding in the universe's deepest structures a mirror for grief, belief, mortality, and love. He is neither cheerful nor despairing; he is awake.

These are poems for readers who have stood at the edge of what can be known and felt the vertigo, and the beauty, of not knowing. This book is for those who seek meaning outside of dogma, who suspect that the language of science and the language of the soul are, at their furthest reach, speaking the same thing.

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About the Author

Curt Curtin was a lifelong poet with seven previous full-length collections, three self-produced chapbooks and many individual poems appearing in journals and other publications. In 2010, he received the Frank O'Hara Poetry award from the Worcester County Poetry Association. In 2019 he won second place in the annual contest of the Connecticut Poetry Society. He was twice nominated for a Pushcart prize. Curt was a featured reader in many poetry venues in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and twice in Ireland. He taught college English and creative writing for 20 years at Westfield State College (now a University) following several years teaching younger students. In 2023 he won grants from both the Worcester Arts Council and the Mass Cultural Council to support his work.Curt died in August 2024. His wife of 43 years, Dee O'Connor, continues his legacy through publication, readings, maintaining his website, and other outreach.

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