Impossible things /
Impossible Things is a collection of poetry that offers an intimate and personal account of fatherhood, loss, grief and family. The collection stages an impossible encounter between Miller Oberman and his late father, who spent his last years completing a manuscript on the drowning death of his firs...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham, North Carolina :
Duke University Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | Impossible Things is a collection of poetry that offers an intimate and personal account of fatherhood, loss, grief and family. The collection stages an impossible encounter between Miller Oberman and his late father, who spent his last years completing a manuscript on the drowning death of his first son, Joshua. In staging this encounter, Oberman provides excerpts from his father's manuscript alongside his own poetry, allowing for the emergence and study of difficult affects such as anxiety, anger, desire, and loss. Above all, the collection sits with and interrogates the capaciousness of "trans"-ness. Oberman traces the ways that transgenerational trauma, transmitted memory, and trans identity all operate together experientially and within the nexus of Oberman's family. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 101 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781478026860 1478026863 9781478031093 1478031093 |