Continuum

by Ivanna Baranova

Oscillating between existential enormity and the “tiny electronic mess” of the self, Continuum telescopes temporal vastness into sharp utterance. Keenly perceptive and sonically incantatory, Continuum follows the porous “I” across elastic thresholds of past, present, and future, emphasizing and exalting spontaneous movements in day-to-day consciousness. Baranova probes the structures that demand we situate ourselves transactionally, calling upon the power of connection that makes our survival not only possible but purposeful, despite the inevitabilities of pain and grief. When “every rational option” tries and fails, these poems challenge us to embrace irrational options—the substance of dreams— in manifesting transformational visions of the future that refuse neat resolution. Continuum enjoins us to will these futures a reality. Lovingly dialogic, this collection bears witness to ongoing destruction and renewal, the inexhaustible ordinary. If language creates us, Continuum’s poetics are a testament to the limitless possibilities of making and remaking the self.

56 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2023

About the author

Ivanna Baranova is a poet, writer, editor, and artist from the Pacific Northwest, currently living in Los Angeles. She is the author of Threshold (forthcoming, Inpatient Press, 2024), Continuum (Metatron Press, 2023), and Confirmation Bias (Metatron Press, 2019), and is the former Creative Communications Coordinator at the Poetry Project. Her work has appeared in April April, Cixous72, DIAGRAM, Los Angeles Review of Books, Newest York, and elsewhere.

Reviews

[Mic Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

“They can’t collapse a clock”-god …..
“But I can”-ivanna baranova