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In this impressive new collection of poetry, Susan McCaslin explores the meaning and significance of identity and all that can be found in a name, or lack thereof. Mixing the personal with the societal, McCaslin weaves together the ancient past and the complicated present. This dreamlike series of encounters with nature and the divine invites deep reflection through re-discovering the familiar. Her joyful wordplay invites us to embrace both light and dark, the epic and the mythic.
Susan McCaslin's new poetry collection uses personal reflection and dreamlike encounters with nature and the divine to explore the profound significance of identity and a woman's changing societal role in child-rearing.
"Named & Nameless celebrates I and Thou, the moment when the protagonist meets a specific Other, pursuing some pointed self-examination. Her I Am interrupts, points to the Douglas fir outside her kitchen window, "a tree whose only sentence is sentience." McCaslin has burst the bounds and bonds of the self in this, her finest work, a metaphysics grounded in eloquent, exquisite observation of the natural world." - Penn Kemp, author of Ordinary/Moving and Lives of Dead Poets
Susan McCaslin's new poetry collection uses personal reflection and dreamlike encounters with nature and the divine to explore the profound significance of identity and a woman's changing societal role in child-rearing.
"Named & Nameless celebrates I and Thou, the moment when the protagonist meets a specific Other, pursuing some pointed self-examination. Her I Am interrupts, points to the Douglas fir outside her kitchen window, "a tree whose only sentence is sentience." McCaslin has burst the bounds and bonds of the self in this, her finest work, a metaphysics grounded in eloquent, exquisite observation of the natural world." - Penn Kemp, author of Ordinary/Moving and Lives of Dead Poets