Metamorphoses by Evan Kennedy Paperback Book 9780872869004

One of Publishers Weeklys Most Anticipated Poetry Books for Spring 2023Metamorphoses springs from Ovids epic poem to explore the slipperiness of identity its propensity for change and transience In poems that shift registers from travelogue to elegy from nature documentary to a simple record of the realities of daily lifeampnbsp Evan Kennedy focuses on transformation personal and collective in an empire in decline in a world transfigured by ecological upheaval With a range of reference from Roman household Gods to San Francisco poetic titans to musical celebrities like Madonna and Bob Dylan Metamorphoses confronts change as an inevitable molecular processampnbsp