false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227742452m/3780035.jpg 3780035 1 A fractal is a geometric pattern that exhibits self-similarity—each portion forms a reduced-size copy of the whole. The inverse of the infinite, a fractal is forever fragmented, both chaotic and ordered, endlessly complex. Timothy Green’s <i>American Fractal</i> sees this pattern emerge from the fabric of modern culture, as it navigates the personal, the political, and the metaphysical, in a lyric dreamscape where an eerie chaos lurks just behind the façade of order. At turns scathing and sweetly ironic, Green straddles the line between accessibility and complexity in a collection of 50 poems that opens up generously on the first read, but still expands through subsequent readings, revealing ever-finer layers of meaning. As James Ragan writes, “The effect is evocative, energized and sure-footed, full of nuance and thematic dexterity...insights like glimmerings in a ‘box of moonlight,’ are made translucent by the kind god of this fine poet’s imagination.” 3824123 15 2 2009 American Fractal total:15|5:12|4:3| 15 72 35 5 5 0 false false Tue Jul 14 15:32:08 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:32:25 -0700 2009
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