For the Ride
Descriere
Alice Notley has become one of the most highly regarded figures in American poetry, a master of the visionary mode acclaimed for genre-bending, book-length poems of great ambition and adventurousness. Her newest book, For the Ride, is another such work. The protagonist, "One," is suddenly within the glyph, whose walls project scenes One can enter, and One does so. Other beings begin to materialize, and it seems like they (and One) are all survivors of a global disaster. They board a ship to flee to another dimension; they decide what they must save on this Ark are words, and they gather together as many as are deemed fit to save. They "sail" and meanwhile begin to change the language they are speaking, before disembarking at an abandoned future city.
Despre autor
Alice Elizabeth Notley a fost o poetă americană. Notley a devenit cunoscută ca membră a celei de-a doua generații a Școlii de poezie din New York. Lucrările sale timpurii au pus bazele formale și teoretice pentru mai multe generații de poeți și pentru teme precum maternitatea și viața de familie. The Paris Review a descris-o ca fiind „una dintre cele mai mari poete în viață ale Americii”.
