My Father in Water (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781848611856)

"My father hovers in the aperture of a glistening window, suicide botched by his mother's ghost. Numbers from his slide rule pause on the sill, fallen by chance into a brilliant formula." This interlinked collection of lyric essays documents Carol Guess's relationship to her father, a brilliant scientist whose intensity and eccentricity shaped family life in humorous and often lonely ways. In musical prose, writing as a poet, teacher, and queer activist, Guess describes a life lived in service to language. At once accessible and enigmatic, funny and somber, My Father In Water is a haunting examination of the impact of family history on one artist's journey.

Author: Carol Guess
ISBN-10: 1848611854
ISBN-13: 9781848611856
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2011
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.22d