Informed as much by Brenda Shaughnessy's worst fears as a mother as they are by her superb craft as a poet , the poems in The Octopus Museum blaze forth from her pen: in these pages, we see that what was once a generalised fear for our children is now hyper-reasonable, specific, and multiple: school shootings, nuclear attack, loss of health care, a polluted planet. As Shaughnessy conjures our potential future, she movingly (and often with humour) envisions an age where cephalopods might rule over humankind, a fate she suggests we may just deserve after destroying their oceans.
These heart-breaking, terrified poems are the battle cry of a woman who is fighting for the survival of the world she loves, and a stirring exhibition of who we are as a civilisation.
| ISBN: | 9781524711498 |
| Publication date: | 17th June 2021 |
| Author: | Brenda Shaughnessy |
| Publisher: | Knopf |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry Feminism and feminist theory |
Informed as much by Brenda Shaughnessy's worst fears as a mother as they are by her superb craft as a poet , the poems in The Octopus Museum blaze forth from her pen: in these pages, we see that what was once a generalised fear for our children is now hyper-reasonable, specific, and multiple: school shootings, nuclear attack, loss of health care, a polluted planet. As Shaughnessy conjures our potential future, she movingly (and often with humour) envisions an age where cephalopods might rule over humankind, a fate she suggests we may just deserve after destroying their oceans.
Octopus Museum, The features in the following genres: Poetry, Feminism and feminist theory
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Octopus Museum, The was written by Brenda Shaughnessy and published by Knopf
Octopus Museum, The has 96 pages