HISTORIES OF BODIES

by Mariko Nagai

Sparrows. Migration. Borders. Bodies. Blurring languages and metamorphosizing landscapes. In Histories of Bodies , Mariko Nagai traces the memory of loss, grief, death and family, seeking to define love in its multifaceted manifestations, each definition shifting, taking flight, then landing, only to be exiled out of the origin. From New York to Amsterdam to Boston to Tokyo, each landscape, whether temporal or imaginary, is rendered out of memory, then wrought into unsettling language of sorrow. In these poems, the world is consistently shifting, and what remains, at the end, is temporary migration of a sparrow, suddenly landing, then disappearing into the urban landscape.

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2007

Reviews

[Red Hen Press · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sparrows. Migration. Borders. Bodies. Blurring languages and
metamorphosizing landscapes. In Histories of Bodies, Mariko Nagai traces the memory of loss, grief, death and family, seeking to define love in its multifaceted manifestations, each definition shifting, taking flight, then landing, only
to be exiled out of the origin. From New York to Amsterdam to Boston to Tokyo, each landscape, whether
temporal or imaginary, is rendered out of memory, then wrought into unsettling language of sorrow.
In these poems, the world is consistently shifting, and what remains, at the end, is temporary migration
of a sparrow, suddenly landing, then disappearing into the urban landscape.

[andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great poetry. Lends itself to multiple readings.