Fossils in the Making

by Kristin George Bagdanov

Poetry. California Interest. Environmental Studies. In her debut collection, Kristin George Bagdanov offers a collection of poems that want to be bodies and bodies that want to be poems. This desire is never fulfilled, and the gap between language and world worries and shapes each poem. FOSSILS IN THE MAKING presents poems as feedback loops, wagers, and proofs that register and reflect upon the nature of ecological crisis. They are always in the making and never made. Together these poems echo word and world, becoming and being. This book ushers forward a powerful and engaged new voice dedicated to unraveling the logic of poetry as an act of making in a world that is being unmade.

Genres: Poetry

96 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2019

About the author

Kristin George Bagdanov earned her M.F.A. in poetry from Colorado State University and her PhD in Literature from U.C. Davis. She has two poetry collections: Fossils in the Making (2019, Black Ocean) and Diurne (Tupelo Press, 2019), winner of the 2019 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize. She is the recipient of fellowships from Phi Kappa Phi, Lilly Graduate Fellows, the Bilinski Foundation and the Vermont Studio Center.

Reviews

[A Ross · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll be reading this again. Like many books of poetry, it needs another go through.