Extraordinary Tides

"extraordinary tides attempts to hold a position in the intertidal, the in-between place of not-quite-land and not-quite-sea. The poems engage time and tide, and our efforts to predict and know both. If the ground beneath us is always in flux, how do we know where we are? Considering the language of the tides, the poems in this chapbook make a wrackline palimpsest, a seastruck archive, a marginalia of the littoral"--

About the author

Pattie McCarthy is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Wifthing. She is an associate professor of literature and creative writing at Temple University.

Product details

• Authors: Pattie McCarthy
• Publisher: Omnidawn Publishing, Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781632431172
• ISBN: 978-1-63243-117-2
• No. of pages: 52
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 181 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Travel > Illustrated books