Overview
I Love Information, selected by Brian Teare as a winner of the 2022 National Poetry Series, is a sophisticated and cerebral examination of knowledge, belief, and which begets which.
Ā Egret feathers. Pulverized chickpeas. A āfaint but constant series of ovals and linesā that, remarkably, spell the name Penelope. āNobody owns the meaning of these things,ā Courtney Bush writes, but this does not stop the poet from seeking, from āreading meaning in the garbageā and in the flowers growing there. What does she seek? Not facts. Instead, something transcendent and mysterious, knowledges that can only be unlocked through experimentation with language, with art.
Ā In lieu of linear thought, Bushās poems operate under unique logic systems that grow and branch like vines, driven not only by the urge to learn but also by the need for connectionābetween people, things, stories. Her speakers make cognitive leaps with youthful credulity, eager and open. āIt comes down to a few things,ā says one. āVessels and bags / Every crude tool / Every day a friend to tell.ā And another: āI want to tell you what a sword is. / To want to tell you has been my entire life.ā They are explorers of the pathways between our outer and inner worlds, translators between what is and what could be.
Ā Bushās reverence for the act of thought echoes that of a religious scholar gazing at the heavens. In order to learn, these poems suggest, we must believe the not-known is worth knowing. We must let belief hover around all parts of our lives, as a child does. āTo have the idea of the secret chord is to have the secret chord,ā Bush writes. To learn, we must make believe.
This book title, I Love Information (Poems), ISBN: 9781639550036, by Courtney Bush, published by Milkweed Editions (August 22, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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