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    Spine: Poems
    Spine: Poems
    Spine: Poems
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    Spine: Poems

    By Carolyn Guinzio

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    Sometimes an echoing or answering poem, sometimes a second voice, the “ghost text” in Spine mimics and examines the difficulty of processing information from multiple sources at once. The distraction that accompanies reading ruptures the experience of these poems. Too much and too little co-exist here: the challenges of living in rural areas that technological advances have left behind throw into relief the disorienting speed with which the world is changing.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParlor Press, LLC
    Release dateOct 20, 2015
    ISBN9781602357563
    Spine: Poems
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    Carolyn Guinzio

    Carolyn Guinzio’s previous collections are West Pullman (Bordighera, 2005), winner of the Bordighera Poetry Prize, Quarry (Parlor, 2008), and Spoke & Dark (Red Hen, 2012), winner of the To The Lighthouse/A Room Of Her Own Prize. Find her online at carolynguinzio.tumblr.com

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