Your Attraction to Sharp Machines

by Matthew Mahaney

Your Attraction to Sharp Machines is perhaps best described as a novella written in verse. Mahaney develops complex characters through each of the novella’s three distinct sections, exploring their relationships and psyches through form and song-like imagery. The book itself demands attention and engagement, and readers soon will find themselves pulled into Elizabeth’s life in unexpected ways.

Genres: Poetry

53 pages, Hardcover

First published May 28, 2013

About the author

Matthew Mahaney is the author of The Plural Space (salò press, 2016), The Storm That Bears Your Name (The Cupboard, 2015) and Your Attraction to Sharp Machines (BatCat Press, 2013). He is a graduate of the MFA program at the University of Alabama, and he currently lives in Madison.

Reviews

[Carrie Lorig · Rating 5 out of 5]

sounds should hurt or they do cut into. bones are broken up into places throughout the body. elizabeth is broken up into three. she is shown from three different deep, dark angles. which holds a correct? which holds her face gently? is she human or is she hologram? how are we when we look at each other? do we always hit the face? further past that?

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Mariah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book so much. Just pick it up and read it, goddammit.