dark acre

by Canese Jarboe

As Mary Szybist says, dark acre “inhabits the haunted spaces—full of lurking predators, superheated ripening, and dizzying arrays of rumors and signals—in which young bodies become visible to themselves.” This collection examines rurality, queerness, and a spectrum of violences. In Robert Wrigley’s words, “Prepare to be instructed, delighted, wounded, and, most of all, astonished.”

Genres: Poetry

38 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2018

Reviews

[Barton Smock · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been startled by a foregone thing, by this dark acre, by this communique decoded by the poet, this Canese Jarboe, who here gathers an imagery that doesn’t die on the page but goes forth to envision a lonesome and peopled secrecy that attempts, with odd accuracies and interior wishes, to overcome landmark via recognizable deformities. Thrice read, this work lives where written. Pokes the eye in the back of the head. Has nostalgia for the unlocatable.

[Aladeen Stoll · Rating 5 out of 5]

Breath taking. I move a lot and have to do a lot of hard work deciding which books can't go each time for space and weight.
I will carry this book.

[Sarah W · Rating 5 out of 5]

This work is addictingly raw, fresh, unfurling. A rare power.