The Doors of the Body

Product Description Poetry. Mary Alexandra Agner's THE DOORS OF THE BODY travels through ancient Greek mythology to more recent folk tales to ascertain and exclaim in the vatic, sometimes fierce voices of women: Athena, Gretel, Sleeping Beauty and even darling Clementine. Rangy originality and deep curiosity drive these poems into unexpected places. Its insightful reimaginings and scrupulous investitures of archetypes and myths are depth-redemptive, and invoke us to fresh encounters with the repressed energies of nature and time. Review Mary Alexandra Agner is one of the most brilliant and promising young poets around, and "The Doors of the Body" confirms her groundstrengths and airgifts. Its insightful reimaginings and scrupulous investitures of archetypes and myths are depth-redemptive, and invoke us to fresh encounters with the repressed energies of nature and time. --Bill Knott Rangy originality and deep curiosity drive these poems into unexpected places. Agner is an imaginative and ambitious poet who knows how to set herself new challenges, whether thematically, formally, metrically, or emotionally, and also how to meet them. --Annie FinchMary Alexandra Agner is one of the most brilliant and promising young poets around, and "The Doors of the Body" confirms her groundstrengths and airgifts. Its insightful reimaginings and scrupulous investitures of archetypes and myths are depth-redemptive, and invoke us to fresh encounters with the repressed energies of nature and time. --Bill Knott About the Author Mary Alexandra Agner writes of dead women, telescopes, and secrets. She was born in a United State made for lovers and currently lives outside Boston. Her family tree bears Parson Brown oranges. Her advanced degrees include Earth and planetary science, and creative writing; she's blessed to have a paying job that utilizes both of them. All her life she's observed the universe and written about it. She can be found online at http://www.pantoum.org/.