Cinematic language and imagery evoke a vivid, immersive reading experience
Rich allusions to biology, history, and contemporary culture deepen thematic resonance
Echoes the scope of Eliot's The Waste Land and Crane's The Bridge for a literary benchmark
Language is presented as mutable and mutating, reflecting the poem's exploration of meaning
Dedicated to the idea that words are both predators and cultural genes
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The Irish word for shadow, “scáth,” is also our word for shelter.
In a powerful long poem that captures the disquiet of our age with cinematic language and imagery, Conor Mc Donnell’s What We Know So Far Is … harkens back to the previous century in its daring. Drawing from his Irish heritage, his experience as a pediatrician and many othe
