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Nox
Nox | Anne Carson
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Nox is an epitaph in the form of a book, a facsimile of a handmade book Anne Carson wrote and created after the death of her brother. The poem describes coming to terms with his loss through the lens of her translation of Poem 101 by Catullus for his brother who died in the Troad. Nox is a work of poetry, but arrives as a fascinating and unique physical object. Carson pasted old letters, family photos, collages and sketches on pages. The poems, typed on a computer, were added to this illustrated book creating a visual and reading experience so amazing as to open up our concept of poetry.
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IndoorDame
Nox | Anne Carson
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#missingperson #newyearnewbook While definitely not my favorite of her works, this “book in a box” is a singular reading experience. “Nox is a eulogy for Anne Carson's brother, Micheal. In 1978 he ran away to Europe to avoid going to jail. For the next 22 years he communicated sporadically with his family. Some letters and postcards with no return addresses and a handful of phone calls were all that Carson knew of her brother.”

Eggs How interesting and novel 🤔🤗 10mo
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IndoorDame
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Bailedbailed

While I did really enjoy the novel experiential act of reading this, it‘s not for me. It‘s odd and obscure even by Anne Carson‘s standards and I was just having too much trouble wrapping my brain around the thread of it.

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strandbookstore
Nox | Anne Carson
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Find Anne Carson's wonderfully eclectic booklist here: https://www.strandbooks.com/the-authors-bookshelf

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incontrovertible
Nox | Anne Carson
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A fitting passage for Father's Day, I suppose.
I thought this book was beautiful and full of psychological complexity. As someone who is both a classics nerd and a poet, this book felt very deep to me, every part of it necessary.