Teratology Paperback by Susannah Nevison

Product Details

• Publisher: Persea Books (2015-05-19)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 64 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780892554584
• Item Weight: 79.38 grams
• Dimensions: 20.35 x 13.94 x 0.53 cm

A striking poetic reckoning, Teratology explores the psychic existence of physical abnormality and imperfection. Susannah Nevison’s poems name and reclaim, making and unmaking the body and the “marvelous monsters” that inhabit them.  

Winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry, this unique debut collection explores the psychic existences beget by physical abnormality and imperfection. Susannah Nevison’s poems name and reclaim the body, making and unmaking it , portraying the “marvelous monsters” that we all are—whether outside or in. Unflinching and brave, Teratology marks the emergence of a highly imaginative and compassionate poetic voice.

About the Author

Susannah Nevison received the American Literary Review poetry prize and an Academy of American Poets/Larry Levis prize for her work. Her poems and criticism have appeared in or are forthcoming from Ninth Letter, American Literary Review, Southern Indiana Review, diode, Cider Press Review, and elsewhere. She is a doctoral candidate in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Utah, where she also teaches.