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Some dark matter

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2011

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Martinez, Susan Rebecca, author
Cooperman, Matthew, advisor
Steensen, Sasha, committee member
Bernasek, Alexandra, committee member

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This book of poems is characterized by postmodern lyric, experimentation and exploration of forms, and a braided, if at times frayed, narrative. Some Dark Matter has as its subjects: violence against women and global violence, dark and atomic matter, and the archetypical narrative structure of 'overcoming the monster.' It exists within the period of rebuilding after trauma, as eight female characters look to each other for support after rape, abuse, periodic substance abuse, self harm and mental illness. It pulls dark matter and atomic matter, especially the formation of the atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico, into the braid, investigating the nature and forms of violence, matter, and the violence of matter. Formally, the poems manifest across a wide spectrum (as do methods for recovery from trauma), from received forms such as the sonnet, sestina, and pantoum to free verse, procedural, litany, and epistolary forms. Movements from 'victim' to 'survivor', from 'home violence' to 'global violence,' and from 'hero' to 'villain' are the primary explorations of this book.

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