Siren of Atlantis

by Cedar Sigo

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

Published April 15, 2025

About the author

Born in 1978 on the Suquamish Indian Reservation in Washington State, Cedar Sigo studied at the Naropa Institute with Anne Waldman, Lisa Jarnot, Alice Notley, Joanne Kyger, and Allen Ginsberg, among others. His first book, Selected Writings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2003), was reprinted in a revised edition in 2005. A writer on art, literature, and film, Sigo has collaborated with many visual artists and recently blogged for SFMOMA's Open Space. In June 2009, he gave a reading at New York's P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in conjunction with its Kenneth Anger retrospective.

Reviews

[Kara Taghon · Rating 4 out of 5]

There were several pieces in this collection that had me sit at attention and pause. Pleased that this was my introduction to Sigo’s work.

[Burgi Zenhaeusern · Rating 5 out of 5]

Siren of Atlantis read like code to me, mesmerizing, tantalizing, indecipherable. I could say something about themes and the like. But, that would be reductive. These poems take on and live a mutable life of their own with each reader, with each reading.