03573nam 2200997Ia 450 991082099590332120230725020215.01-283-27751-497866132775100-520-94825-410.1525/9780520948259(CKB)2560000000059061(EBL)656361(OCoLC)703138065(SSID)ssj0000468252(PQKBManifestationID)11331635(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468252(PQKBWorkID)10497571(PQKB)10090261(MiAaPQ)EBC656361(DE-B1597)519594(OCoLC)707287941(DE-B1597)9780520948259(Au-PeEL)EBL656361(CaPaEBR)ebr10448576(CaONFJC)MIL327751(EXLCZ)99256000000005906120100805d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDark Archive[electronic resource] /Laura MullenBerkeley University of California Press20111 online resource (148 p.)New California poetry ;32Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26886-5 Frontmatter -- System -- Acknowledgments -- Cloud Cover -- Turn -- Troposphere -- Evaporation / CondensationDark archive: The purpose of a dark archive is to function as a repository for information that can be used as a failsafe during disaster recovery.Laura Mullen's fourth collection is a sequence of beautifully interrelated poems that explores how to accurately represent the reality of change and loss. Mullen pinpoints what is at stake: the possibility of communication and connection-and the hope of intimacy. Invoking Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a cloud," she pushes experiments in consciousness against their boundaries in an array of poetic forms. Poetic tropes are measured against natural phenomena as Mullen examines what "witness" might mean in the context of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the failures of capitalism to effect social justice, the murder of James Byrd in Texas, the personal loss of a mother figure, and a disintegrating love affair.New California poetry ;32.American poetryAmerican literaturecapitalism.communication.connection.dark archive.disaster.distance.fiction.grief.hurricane katrina.intimacy.james byrd.literature.loss.love.lynching.marxism.murder.natural disaster.poems.poetic form.poetry collection.poetry.poverty.race.romance.sexuality.social issues.social justice.structural poverty.trauma.witness.American poetry.American literature.811/.54Mullen Laura1958-1643461MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820995903321Dark Archive3988735UNINA