Two Hunters

by Marina Blitshteyn

Poetry. Jewish Studies. Women's Studies. The sonically-hypnotic poems in this collection pry open the space between sounds and what they mean, and the violence of this prying is analogous to the ordinary violences that women live with the world over. "Orange you happy yet, a serious threat / a surfeit, a certain fate, a surer fret," Blitshteyn chants, and you find yourself wanting to feel her language on your tongue, even as that language evokes an unbearable reality. Wrapped up in these fiercely elegant poems are narratives of language acquisition, precarious immigrations, and song-like imperatives for the best kinds of destruction.

112 pages, Paperback

Published January 10, 2019

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Boy I do love me some Marina Blitshteyn. Especially the weird worplay that kind of slowly hits me on the third read because sometimes I am, well, slow.