To 2040 by Jorie Graham Henry Wadsworth Longfellow perfect for students of literature

perfect for students of literature and creative writing

James Merrill

East London-living

and always wonderfully disquieting

To 2040 by Jorie Graham Henry Wadsworth Longfellow perfect for students of literatureTo 2040 begins with question masquerading as fact: 'Are we extinct yet. Who owns the map.' These visionary new poems reveal Graham as historian, cartographer, prophet, plotting an apocalyptic world where rain must be translated, silence sings louder than speech, and wired birds parrot recordings of their extinct ancestors. In one poem, the speaker is warned by a clairvoyant, 'the American experiment will end in 2030'. Graham exposes a potentially