Anatomy of a Wound
Lorrie Ness
(Author)
Description
"Intensely personal, yet effortlessly accessible, every poem is a luminous and unflinching journey through challenging human landscapes." -Sky Island Journal
Mark Waldron notes, "In 'unskinned' language, Lorrie Ness' poignant poems remind us our stories/histories are natural elements, root balls of raw nerves we can move and replant elsewhere, in new soil. Ness' visions in vein blue and pale green inhabit writer's groups, gas station bathrooms, autopsies and hospitals, yet faded flowers continue to bloom out of season. Family, here, is the cost of living and not living, but our memories like our DNA, Ness seems to say, are the armature of our presence. Ultimately, these poems of spade and scalpel are complex and beautiful eulogies to our hands."
According to Jessica Federle, "The poems here don't flinch. A mother's death by suicide is part of what this collection examines, yet Ness retains a fearless, critical eye throughout. Ness leaves no thread unexamined, teasing out each one without ever cutting it away from its place in the whole. The suicide itself is denied the power to drive this exploration. The poet remains, with rare and intentional exceptions, in charge. This control is masterful. The language is riveting, unafraid of the grittier truths of biology. This collection is a powerful debut."
Product Details
| Publisher | Flowstone Press |
| Publish Date | July 15, 2021 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781945824487 |
| Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.1 inches | 0.2 pounds |
Reviews
We have published Lorrie Ness more times than any poet in the history of our journal, and her new collection of poetry, Anatomy of a Wound, is testament to why. Intensely personal, yet effortlessly accessible, every poem is a luminous and unflinching journey through challenging human landscapes. Her svelte verse, elegant craft, and vivid imagery are constant companions throughout this tight collection. Ness's work is emotionally visceral and intellectually explosive. Few poets can transport readers the way Lorrie Ness can, and Anatomy of a Wound rewards them in beautifully unexpected ways that linger long after its words have left their lips.
-Sky Island Journal
"Small, seamlessly textured and mighty. Lorrie Ness' Anatomy of a Wound rivets the reader to the tale of a mother's suicide and its pummeling effect on those close at hand. The leaps of imagery are color-infused, indelible to the memory and shaking. Her uses of metaphor are masterfully composed and always pitch-perfect. Rather than holding her characters at a distance like other, less- assured poets-Ms. Ness embraces them, albeit tentatively, more often than not. Here, relationships are both loving and horrifying as a mother's touch. I finished reading feeling rubbed raw-and alive."
-Robert Nazarene, founding editor, The American Journal of Poetry
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