The Observable Universe

by Hannah Larrabee, Eileen Cleary (editor), Martha Mccollough (designer)

Genres: Poetry

40 pages, Paperback

Published October 23, 2023

About the author

Hannah Larrabee's Wonder Tissue won the Airlie Press Poetry Prize and was longlisted for a Massachusetts Book Award. Her new chapbook, The Observable Universe, is out from Lily Poetry Press. Hannah's had work in Flypaper Lit, River Heron Review, Gertrude Press, Maine Review, Molecule, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and elsewhere. Hannah wrote poetry for the NASA James Webb Space Telescope program and read her work at Goddard Space Center. She participated in an Arctic Circle Residency with artists and scientists in October 2022. Hannah received an MFA from the University of New Hampshire where she studied with Charles Simic, and she’s an editor at Nixes Mate Review. She is currently pursuing a graduate certificate in regenerative agriculture.

Reviews

[Lo Celeste Riddell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really really love Larrabee’s language and uses of form/space. Had a brief panic attack while reading the titular poem because I always do when reading about space and death and think about how the sun will destroy the earth someday but hey! What is poetry if not an invitation to feel something? Excellent collection and I’m delighted to discover this is a poet somewhat local to me!!