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Paper Covers Rock and Triplicity: Poems in Threes
by
Chella Courington (Goodreads Author),
Kristen McHenry (Goodreads Author)
One snips authentically around the edges of an erotic coming of age tale, then plunges into the heart of what it means to be a woman; the other stabs precisely into the chaos of love, loss and levity – all with complete ubiquity. United in Indigo Ink’s debut “flip” edition, two pointed, poignant poets will cleave you, leave you ragged with their jagged lines and barbed wri...more
Paperback, 92 pages
Published
September 30th 2011
by Indigo Ink Press
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Paper Covers Rock and Triplicity: Poems in Threes presents the work of Chella Courington and Kristen McHenry, in a dual, “flip-book” arrangement.[return][return]Split poetry chapbooks are a difficult art to pull off. Readers will invariably prefer one poet to the other, reflecting badly on the (perceived) lesser poet. If the separate works are too dissimilar, the reading experience may be jarring, and the reader may wonder why the two authors were combined in the first place. On the other hand,...more
Two poetry chapbooks in one from Indigo Ink Press: Paper Covers Rock, by Chella Courington and Triplicity: Poems in Threes, by Kristen McHenry.
The chapbook form is one I particularly love. There is a great romantic history behind them as the pamphlets and small booklets of ballads and legends sold by traveling chapmen. And there is so much artistic potential in their diminutive size, their general brevity. But this is the first time I've enc0untered a dual chapbook; and I'm not sure that it does...more
The chapbook form is one I particularly love. There is a great romantic history behind them as the pamphlets and small booklets of ballads and legends sold by traveling chapmen. And there is so much artistic potential in their diminutive size, their general brevity. But this is the first time I've enc0untered a dual chapbook; and I'm not sure that it does...more
This wasn't a great book of poetry. The problem starts early, as it is a volume comprised of two different volumes of work from two different authors. Courington's poetry didn't grab me at all. While I appreciated her themes of coming-of-age and her desire to question traditional gender confines, (though what is questioning, really?), I found her work to be off-putting and somewhat juvenile. That sounds really awful, but it isn't the end of the world. I think it's incredibly difficult to have a...more
I'm thrilled that Indigo Ink's first literary book is Paper Covers Rock & Triplicity: Poems in Threes.
It is no coincidence that these two voices are mingled in one book. Waiting for you on the inside are two singular, but not solitary, voices in contemporary poetry. On the first side, Chella Courington will disarm you with coming of age candor about love, sex and the in-between. Flip it over, and Kristen McHenry will challenge you by exposing the dark underbelly of the female experience wit...more
It is no coincidence that these two voices are mingled in one book. Waiting for you on the inside are two singular, but not solitary, voices in contemporary poetry. On the first side, Chella Courington will disarm you with coming of age candor about love, sex and the in-between. Flip it over, and Kristen McHenry will challenge you by exposing the dark underbelly of the female experience wit...more
I was very pleasantly surprised by this flip edition pair of chapbooks. The poetry of both of these poets is enjoyable and they complement each other wonderfully.
Paper Covers Rock by Chella Courington is reflective. Courington's images and associations are often subtle. We are invited into both a sensual feeling of boundaries and a blurring of them, especially regarding the influence of family members. The poems focus on a woman's relationship with her body, from youth to middle age. In her thi...more
Paper Covers Rock by Chella Courington is reflective. Courington's images and associations are often subtle. We are invited into both a sensual feeling of boundaries and a blurring of them, especially regarding the influence of family members. The poems focus on a woman's relationship with her body, from youth to middle age. In her thi...more
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Oct 16, 2011
Mark
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Disclaimer: I received this book via the LibraryThing Early Reviewer program.
[Reread 11-15 October 2011. I gave it 3 stars as I did "like" it; it just wasn't really "for" me.]
I requested this book for two reasons: I had recently read another chapbook (The Goatfish Alphabet by one of the authors, Kristen McHenry, which I liked) and the cover image (Paper Covers Rock side) is particularly intriguing.
This is part of how it was described: "One snips authentically around the edges of an erotic coming...more
[Reread 11-15 October 2011. I gave it 3 stars as I did "like" it; it just wasn't really "for" me.]
I requested this book for two reasons: I had recently read another chapbook (The Goatfish Alphabet by one of the authors, Kristen McHenry, which I liked) and the cover image (Paper Covers Rock side) is particularly intriguing.
This is part of how it was described: "One snips authentically around the edges of an erotic coming...more
An interesting concept-a poetry flipbook! We have the work of Kristen McHenry on one side in TRIPLICITY and Chella Courington's PAPER COVERS ROCK on the other.
The "poems in three" by McHenry have some merit. There were poems and stanzas and even just some phrases that caught my eye. "Spock: A Romance in Quotes" was original, and I particularly liked "Too Many Buddhas." However, Courington's work was too dark for me. While many poems were refreshingly honest, at times it felt that images were in...more
The "poems in three" by McHenry have some merit. There were poems and stanzas and even just some phrases that caught my eye. "Spock: A Romance in Quotes" was original, and I particularly liked "Too Many Buddhas." However, Courington's work was too dark for me. While many poems were refreshingly honest, at times it felt that images were in...more
I always find it difficult to formulate my thoughts on why I love a certain collection of poetry, and this book contains two such collections by two fabulous writers. Both these women write about the pain and awkwardness of female adolescence straying into adulthood. Though they are very different writers with very different takes on the world, both writers provide readable and textural poems with darkly playful relevance and depth. They were a good, cohesive pair to put side-by-side.
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thirty-seven years on just a particle of dew!
To need exactly nothing. To sprout
weapons from your own fibrous flesh.
To bloody those
who hover in to feed you.
From, "Nature Conservancy, Spring”
