Triptychs

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Sandra Simondss Triptychs is a brilliant intersection of poetic form and the passage of time.

Crafted initially in strips handwritten on rolls of receipt paper obtained at a dollar store, then assembled into three textual columns that sit side-by-side on the page, these triptychs are joined or disjoined in several waysthrough diction, through the special relation of words (evoking intimacy, touch or, in contrast, alienation), and through thematic similarities or dissimilarities. Each poem is wildly surprising, ranging from conversations between Baudelaire and Jayne Eyre to the enjoyment of macaroons.As a result, the poems energize the confines of this writing space as they invite readers to recall painterly constructions and news headlines, wherein each pillar is in conversation with another, sequentially and simultaneously. With the same lyric attention found in all of Simondss poetry, the poems here mark an innovative shift in poetics that is both polyvocal and singular.

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Fevered and philosophical, Simondss fierce lyric rages against capitalism and patriarchy for stifling compassion and collective imagination" New Yorker

"Simonds paints a careful portrait of the struggle to embrace difficult realities in an age in which it would be irresponsible to ignore them, even if doing so offers no easy path forward. "starred review for ATOPIA, Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Sandra Simondsis the author of Atopia(Wesleyan University Press, 2019), Orlando, (Wave Books, 2018),Further Problems with Pleasure, winner of the 2015 Akron Poetry Prize (University of Akron, 2017),Steal It Back(Saturnalia Books, 2015),The Sonnets(Bloof Books, 2014),Mother Was a Tragic Girl(Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2012), andWarsaw Bikini(Bloof Books, 2009). Her poems have been included in theBest American Poetry2015 and 2014 and have appeared in theNew York Times,Poetry, theAmerican Poetry Review, theChicago Review,Granta,Boston Review, Ploughshares,Fence,Court Green, andLana Turner. She lives in Tallahassee, Florida and is anAssociate professor of English and Humanities at Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia.