Diatribe from the Library Farrell Greenwald Brenner 9780997914986 Books
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In Farrell Greenwald Brenner’s playful, cutting Diatribe from the Library, books are toxins, grenades, they have bones. Books are typed on cigarette papers and smoked outside of the library. Farrell writes of the burning of books, reminds us that “witch-burning is still in vogue,” and hints at the smoldering fires of the Holocaust. All of this feels even more palpable as we enter an era with a president-elect who states that the burning of the U.S. flag should be punishable by the loss of citizenship. What is citizenship? What happens “when your family crosses an ocean”? What is displacement and diaspora—for Jews, Palestinians, African-Americans? Can the library, can the book, heal wounds—“this/is mine/the word/the page/the book”? Farrell’s book itself is a kind of antidote “I wish for you the megaphone into which you can spit that fire/and become a dragon of your own.”
—Becca Shaw Glaser, co-author of Mindful Occupation Rising Up Without Burning Out
Bursting with playful repetition, Farrell Greenwald Brenner’s Diatribe from the Library is a storm of lyrical verse. Her collection serves as treatise on the millennial college experience—both in and outside the library—with unconventional odes to the “red solo cup,” a sly “Psalm” to “...dark roast, merciful be / Thine earthen beans divine,” and a hat’s off to the “fairy godmothers,” of “JSTOR / and SAGE.” Often abandoning traditional form and punctuation, Brenner surprises us often with this smart and charming debut.
—Christina Quintana, author of The Heart Wants
Diatribe from the Library Farrell Greenwald Brenner 9780997914986 Books
This is a wonderful volume that is full of surprises. Despite spending lots of time trying to study poetry, I often think of myself as someone who can never quite get the core of the work and very often get tangled up in trying (and probably failing) to understand all the layered meanings. But I suppose that is part of the journey and reward of poetry! In my first read of this collection, sent to me by a friend, I tried to read it just as me and to leave the study of the work for a second and third read. I found so many moments where Greenwald Brenner's writing lodged loose a feeling or experience within me. My connection to the poems ranged from soft and sweet, to raw and open, to pointed and revealing. On Reading should be required reading for any struggling or existentially confused "academic"- it lanced open a lot of boils and scabs. The rhythm of the volume read as a whole propelled me forward with its shifts in tone and tempo. I stand in admiration of every artist and thinker that puts their work on display, and this is a collection not to be missed.Product details
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Diatribe from the Library Farrell Greenwald Brenner 9780997914986 Books Reviews
Smart, witty, and just overall amazing read!
This is a wonderful volume that is full of surprises. Despite spending lots of time trying to study poetry, I often think of myself as someone who can never quite get the core of the work and very often get tangled up in trying (and probably failing) to understand all the layered meanings. But I suppose that is part of the journey and reward of poetry! In my first read of this collection, sent to me by a friend, I tried to read it just as me and to leave the study of the work for a second and third read. I found so many moments where Greenwald Brenner's writing lodged loose a feeling or experience within me. My connection to the poems ranged from soft and sweet, to raw and open, to pointed and revealing. On Reading should be required reading for any struggling or existentially confused "academic"- it lanced open a lot of boils and scabs. The rhythm of the volume read as a whole propelled me forward with its shifts in tone and tempo. I stand in admiration of every artist and thinker that puts their work on display, and this is a collection not to be missed.
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