Mezzanine, Zoe Hitzig
Mezzanine, Zoe Hitzig
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Mezzanine
Poems

Author: Zoe Hitzig

Narrator: Zoe Hitzig

Unabridged: 1 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ecco

Published: 06/09/2020

Synopsis

An inventive and assured debut from an exciting new voice in poetry.In her striking collection of poems, Zoë Hitzig investigates how we seek certitude, power, and domination over the natural world and one another. Hitzig brings a scientific rigor to her poetry, as well as a raucous energy and willingness to allow her work to exist in states of uncertainty and precariousness. The result is an original voice that is incisive and unsparing, but also passionate and tender. Her poems probe the authority of language, exploring the surprising and powerful resonances that can be found among words and ideas.Urgent in its creation of a new way of looking at our social and natural worlds, Mezzanine is an insightful and visceral debut collection from a poet whose work is poised to leave a lasting mark. 

About Zoe Hitzig

Zoë Hitzig is a poet and PhD candidate in economics at Harvard University. Her poetry has appeared in the New Yorker, the London Review of Books, the New York Review of Books, New Statesman, Boston Review, Poetry, and elsewhere. Her writing about poetry has appeared in BOMB and Prac Crit. Mezzanine is her first book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on June 12, 2020

I scanned the author bio prior to reading this collection of poetry and I was surprised to discover I was holding a book of verse composed by a PhD candidate in economics at Harvard. If you're wondering, like I was, what sort of poems would result from the creative impulses of (what I'm assuming is)......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on September 01, 2020

An amazing group of poems that I find hard to describe. They are fresh, immediate, elusive and utterly captivating. (A poem about Have Blue -- I wasn't expecting that!). I have marked this book as "Read," but it is by no means finished. I will return to its puzzles and delights again soon, when I wi......more

Goodreads review by J.D. on June 05, 2020

Mezzanine is an ideal collection to enjoy as we focus on poetry in April (as well as anytime). Zoe Hitzig arranges words and images with punch and vitality. I’m always pleased to find new poetic voices, and I hope to read more from Hitzig soon. Recommended for poetry lovers.......more

Goodreads review by Zora on August 13, 2023

It’s an interesting collection of poems, though sometimes confusing due to some obscure references to scientific and economic terms. I liked the poems about wrongful convictions and it was a nice read, though I had to be sure to keep a device nearby for semi frequent googling.......more

Goodreads review by Parinaz on June 08, 2020

Brilliant... moving......more

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