Keep Talking by Ellen Welcker
"Keep Talking" is comprised of poems that wrestle with the anxieties of the Anthropocene: of school shootings and small talk, symptoms and plans with a capital P. By turns lyrical, self-deprecating, creepy and wry, these poems owe a debt to Costco and ticks, Anthonys and Nebraska, and the perfection of Ferdinand the Bull.
Ellen Welcker’s aesthetic inclinations range from engagement of the lyric to narrative & prose poems. Her work is concerned with ecological desperation, boundaries & borders, the parent-child relationship, & the concept of ‘deep humanity’ as an animal state. Her books include Ram Hands, The Botanical Garden, and six chapbooks, of which "Keep Talking" is the latest. She lives in Leelanau County and works for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry.
"Keep Talking" is comprised of poems that wrestle with the anxieties of the Anthropocene: of school shootings and small talk, symptoms and plans with a capital P. By turns lyrical, self-deprecating, creepy and wry, these poems owe a debt to Costco and ticks, Anthonys and Nebraska, and the perfection of Ferdinand the Bull.
Ellen Welcker’s aesthetic inclinations range from engagement of the lyric to narrative & prose poems. Her work is concerned with ecological desperation, boundaries & borders, the parent-child relationship, & the concept of ‘deep humanity’ as an animal state. Her books include Ram Hands, The Botanical Garden, and six chapbooks, of which "Keep Talking" is the latest. She lives in Leelanau County and works for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry.
"Keep Talking" is comprised of poems that wrestle with the anxieties of the Anthropocene: of school shootings and small talk, symptoms and plans with a capital P. By turns lyrical, self-deprecating, creepy and wry, these poems owe a debt to Costco and ticks, Anthonys and Nebraska, and the perfection of Ferdinand the Bull.
Ellen Welcker’s aesthetic inclinations range from engagement of the lyric to narrative & prose poems. Her work is concerned with ecological desperation, boundaries & borders, the parent-child relationship, & the concept of ‘deep humanity’ as an animal state. Her books include Ram Hands, The Botanical Garden, and six chapbooks, of which "Keep Talking" is the latest. She lives in Leelanau County and works for the Bagley Wright Lecture Series on Poetry.