Dawn Lundy Martin s work is neither language poetry, which rejects the speaking subject, nor strictly lyric, which embraces the speaking I. It might best be described as poetry where, in the words of Juliana Spahr, the lyric meets language --both an investigation into the opacity of language and the expression of a passionate speaker who struggles to speak meaningfully.
Martin s poems bend the form into something new, seeking a way to approach the horrific and its effect on the psyche more fully than might be possible in the worn groove of the traditional lyric. Her formal inventiveness...
Dawn Lundy Martin s work is neither language poetry, which rejects the speaking subject, nor strictly lyric, which embraces the speaking I. It migh...
What started out as a way to address dealing with parenting and, in particular, fatherhood, became a series of poems focused on familial roles and situations that are difficult to articulate, even among family members. The poems in Zero to Three mark both the change in the child and in the father, who is also a son himself. The term "zero to three" derives from the developmental period that many clinicians and pediatricians believe is the most fundamental phase for children whose delicate brains are undergoing drastic and formative change. Research also shows that parents undergo...
What started out as a way to address dealing with parenting and, in particular, fatherhood, became a series of poems focused on familial roles and sit...
This collection of poems begins rooted in the landscape of the U.S. South as it voices singular lives carved out of immediate and historical trauma. While these poems dwell in the body, often meditating on its frailty and desire, they also question the weight that literary, historical, and religious icons are expected to bear.
This collection of poems begins rooted in the landscape of the U.S. South as it voices singular lives carved out of immediate and historical trauma. W...
