Extinction theory : poems
(Book)
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Published
Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2022].
Status
Central Library - Nonfiction - 2nd Floor
811 L16
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811 L16
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Published
Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2022].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
75 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Extinction Theory is a collection of pseudoscience poems that try to provide rationales for some of life's most salient mysteries. Where is God? What does it mean to belong? Who killed the dinosaurs? Kien Lam creates new worlds with new rules to better answer these perennial questions. His poetry is that of discovery, of looking at the world as if for the first time. Lam exposes the transitory and transcendent nature of things and how we find meaning. At the heart of this collection is also a cataloging of the smaller "extinctions" in life. Every passing moment is the death of something, and try as we might to recreate the feeling, it can never be the same. Maybe it's a relationship. Maybe it's a donut. It changes its shape as we juxtapose it against something new. Extinction Theory is as much about language as it is about the absence of language. Of English, of Vietnamese, and then of neither"--,Provided by publisher.
Awards
The national poetry series, open competition, 2021.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lam, K. (2022). Extinction theory: poems . The University of Georgia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lam, Kien. 2022. Extinction Theory: Poems. The University of Georgia Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lam, Kien. Extinction Theory: Poems The University of Georgia Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lam, Kien. Extinction Theory: Poems The University of Georgia Press, 2022.
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