Glow
Description
Ann Hudson's Glow investigates the mystery of radium: the vision of Marie Curie who discovered it through labor and sheer will; its rise to fame as a health craze; the critically important work it did for the medical field; and its widespread use in luminescent paint which made watches glow in the dark. But Glow is also an investigation into what makes us tick, our curiosities, ambition, and our sense of purposeful work. These poems explore how one luminous substance-the hunt for it, the search for its secrets and powers-can be understood as a life force of its own, even as it has the power to whittle that life force to nothing. These poems show radium as destructive as it is illuminating.
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About the Author
Ann Hudson grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her poems have appeared in many literary journals including Crab Orchard Review, Iris, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, and The Seattle Review. She lives in Chicago.
Reviews
In crisp, compelling and often ironic lines, Ann Hudson's Glow paints Marie Curie's drive, courage and genius, as well as the troubling side-effects of her scientific work with radium. These poems capture the disturbing interface between science and industry, exploiting the cultural mystique surrounding the newly discovered element. -Ralph Hamilton
Ann Hudson's Glow burns through lives and half-lives, singing for what dies, what survives. Poems meditate on speed, duration, efficiency, memory, time as money, the science of time. Haunted by those painted watch and clock faces and all it meant to paint them, these poems are radiant. Luminous. -Liz Ahl
