Download e-book for kindle: Scald (Pitt Poetry Series) by Denise Duhamel

By Denise Duhamel

When her “smart” cell retains asking her to autocorrect her identify to Denise Richards, Denise Duhamel starts off a trip that takes on superstar, intercourse, replica, and faith together with her attribute wit and perception. The poems in Scald have interaction feminism in ways—committing to and scuffling with with—various ideas and beliefs.  Duhamel wrestles with foremothers and visionaries Shulamith Firestone, Andrea Dworkin, and Mary Daly in addition to with popular culture figures similar to Helen Reddy, Cyndi Lauper, and Bikini Kill.  In discussion with artists and writers equivalent to Catherine Opie, Susan Faludi, and Eve Ensler, Duhamel attempts to appreciate our cultural moment.  whereas Duhamel’s Scald can burn, she has extra importantly taken at the function of the traditional Scandinavian “Skald,” person who can pay tribute to heroic deeds.  In Duhamel’s case, her heroes also are heroines.

 

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