Folding Ruler Star
Aaron Kunin
ISBN 10: 0974090980 ISBN 13: 9780974090986
Published by Fence Magazine Inc, Division of Fence Books, US, 2005
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The poems in Folding Ruler Star are conceived as a value-neutral Paradise Lost. In other words, someone who is not God tells you to avoid a certain tree, and you disobey the instruction; the result is shame. Two characters agree that one of them is supposed to worship and obey the other without actually believing that the other possesses any special qualities that would enforce obedience; the first one disobeys the second one and has to be punished. A body has five parts; each part is alarmed. Descriptions of the parts set off the alarms. Affect lives in the face and is measured with a ruler. The measure is a five-syllable line arranged in three-line units. Each poem is mirrored by another poem with the same title. Seller Inventory # LU-9780974090986
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The poems in Folding Ruler Star are conceived as a value-neutral Paradise Lost. In other words, someone who is not God tells you to avoid a certain tree, and you disobey the instruction; the result is shame. Two characters agree that one of them is supposed to worship and obey the other without actually believing that the other possesses any special qualities that would enforce obedience; the first one disobeys the second one and has to be punished. A body has five parts; each part is alarmed. Descriptions of the parts set off the alarms. Affect lives in the face and is measured with a ruler. The measure is a five-syllable line arranged in three-line units. Each poem is mirrored by another poem with the same title.
About the Author: Aaron Kunin grew up in Minneapolis, was educated at Brown, Johns Hopkins, and Duke, and is currently a visiting assistant professor of 18th-century English literature at Wesleyan University. His work has appeared in Boston Review, Fence, The Germ, No: A Journal of The Arts, The Poetry Project Newsletter, The Poker, and elsewhere.
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Title: Folding Ruler Star
Publisher: Fence Magazine Inc, Division of Fence Books, US
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New