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Jerrod Bohn
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Website: http://www.unsolicitedpress.com
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Books
Animal Histories
by Jerrod Bohn
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 8,100.
Language:
English.
Published: August 17, 2017
by
Unsolicited Press.
Categories:
Poetry » American poetry » General
Divided into four sections and mixing poetry with lyric essay, Animal Histories explores the origin, acquisition, and development of poetic language. Contrasting poetic language from language used for communication, the book posits that poetry is maternal, learned in utero by listening to the cadences and rhythms of the mother’s speech (the “mother tongue”) while communicative language is paternal