Description
A formally inventive collection of lyric poems, *The End of the Alphabet* explores grief, estrangement, memory, and the unstable boundaries between private feeling and public life. Organized into twelve titled sections composed of fragmented, untitled sub-poems, it follows the movements of consciousness through images that are intimate, elusive, and charged with emotional resonance. With precision and compressed intensity, the poems examine how language shapes identity, connection, and loss. The work marks an early expression of Claudia Rankine’s distinctive project-based style, in which individual words carry extraordinary weight.
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paperback
Grove Press
Published Jan 1, 1998
100 pages
ISBN: 0802116345
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Details
First Published
1998
Language
eng
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