Host

In raw, lyrical poems, Host explores parasitic relationships--between men and women, sons and mothers, and humans and the earth--and consideres their consequences.

About the author

Lisa Fay Coutley is the author of tether, Errata, In the Carnival of Breathing, and Small Girl: Micromemoirs, and the editor of In the Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets Transcending Elegy. She is an associate professor of poetry and creative nonfiction in the Writer's Workshop at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Summary

In raw, lyrical poems, Host explores parasitic relationships - between men and women, sons and mothers, and humans and the Earth - and considers their consequences. Throughout this collection, flukes abound, both chance occurrences and flatworms changing their hosts’ behaviour.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Fay Coutley
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9780299347147
• ISBN: 978-0-299-34714-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Wisconsin Poetry Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama