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Long descriptive poems, collages of surreal scientific knowledge. Snap-shots of the origin of the universe, quantum physics, and the evolution of our solar system and life on Earth. Facts and images from biology, anthropology, history, theology, personal memory, and revolutionary ideals. The work takes on the very largest themes of existence in the form of a rapid cycling cut-up, the monologue of an old mind in an advanced state of knowledge.
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2002Curbstone Press · 490 pages · 9781880684931
- Other · English · 1993Curbstone Press · 490 pages · 9781880684078
Translations into EnglishNicaraguan poetryPoetry (poetic works by one author)