Slight Return

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By Rebecca Wolff

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Slight Return is a daring new poetry collection by renowned publisher and poet Rebecca Wolff, exploring the maze of American consumer consciousness, erotic longing, spiritual fear of missing out, gentrification, and branding. Through paradoxical reflections and sharp wit, Wolff navigates the soul's hubris and distortions, questioning language and life’s infinite, elusive journey without offering easy resolutions.
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry with philosophical depth, cultural critique, and innovative language, especially those drawn to introspective and challenging verse.

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In her new collection, renowned publisher and poet Rebecca Wolff voyages in the myopia of American consumer consciousness—erotic regard, spiritual FOMO, gentrification, branding—without destination.

Labyrinthine in their paradoxical musings and incisive in their witty recriminations, these poems grapple with the hubris and dysmorphia of the soul. Wolff is a poet that is unafraid to be a querent, not only of sages ("I only hang out with people / who are psychic / anything else is a / waste of precious / continuity") but of language itself ("How else is one to know how to proceed / How is one to make a motion against— / electric word life").

In Slight Return, the journey is infinite and elusive—aspiring in the best way toward a point of diminishing returns and withholding any promise of a comfortable landing.

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Bookforum praises Wolff's poems as "stylistic and tonal shapeshifters" that are "unnerving, funny, and occasionally subversive." The Chicago Tribune highlights her "nervy, controlled lyric bursts" and keen summarising ability. Meanwhile, Publishers Weekly lauds her poetry for making the embrace of various life poses and figments "seem like a genuine possibility."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781950268665

Publisher: Wave Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 26 January 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Wave Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 209.0mm

Height: 152.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 116

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Rebecca Wolff

About the Author

Rebecca Wolffwas publishedby Wave Books in 2015.Slight Return; in 2001 she founded Fence Books and launched The Constant Critic website. Wolff lives in Hudson, New York, where she has served on the City Council and works in community development, with an emphasis on affordable housing and green trades training.

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