Circuits

by Jennifer K. Dick

Inspired by the popular science of George Johnson’s seminal In the Palaces of Memory is an extraordinary investigation into memory theory and the uncertainties of communication. It is concerned with the library of entanglements that we carry inside our minds and bodies and maps out connections and false starts with pointed collage and conversation. The poems are playful and energetic. Dick allows the connections between information and duration through the body and mind to be laid bare within living communication. There is a commendable clarity and grounding within the exploration of memory’s tissue as well as a balance between the intellectual and physical. The work is open and an opening. It is a tour de force of explorative poetry.

81 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2013

About the author

Jennifer K. Dick is an American poet, translator and scholar born in Minnesota, raised in Iowa, and currently living in Mulhouse, France, where she is a professor at the Université de Haute Alsace. She has a PhD from the Université de Paris III: La Sorbonne Nouvelle and an MFA in poetry from Colorado State University. Her poetry belongs to the post-L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E school, with a strong background in lyric and narrative tradition.