String Theory

by Jenny Yang Cropp

Oklahoma Book Award Finalist

In her first collection of poems, Jenny Yang Cropp writes about growing up mixed-race, overcoming abandonment and addiction, and surviving the enormity of grief. Moving from supernovas to microscopic black holes, these poems reimagine love, family, and physics as the speaker tries to navigate a world of damaged, often severed, human connections and come to terms with her own fragmented sense of identity. At its heart, String Theory is a meditation on multiplicity and the soul's capacity to hold countless versions of itself.

Genres: Poetry

74 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2015

Reviews

[Kristyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I finally bought this collection of poems after intending to for a few months, and I am quite glad I did. I particularly liked "Sijo for my Ten-Year-Old Self" and "Apologia."
The poems worked very well together, weaving to show glances into a story, and all of these glances making something whole. I am going to pass this book on to others.

[World Literature Today]

This book was featured in the Nota Benes section of the May/Aug 2016 issue of World Literature Today Magazine.

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[Luke Rolfes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes raw. Smart and heartfelt at the same time. Lovely, pitch-perfect poems throughout.

[Norman Styers · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh.