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Lucy / your secret book / that you leaned over and wrote just in the dirt— / Not having to have an ending / Not having to last. . . . And so begins Jean Valentine’s provocative new work, Lucy, a poem that pays homage to the three million-year-old skeleton of the earliest known hominid. With a deep sense of gratitude and profound longing, this poem celebrates the creative power of the female by introducing us to one of our oldest human ancestors. In a dreamlike and often fractured syntax that is vintage Valentine, Lucy, the “wildgood mother” of our species, can once again be heard.

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Lucy: A Poem

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    A Paperback / softback by Jean Valentine

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      Publisher Sarabande Books, Incorporated
      Published 12 February 2009
      ISBN-13 9781932511680
      978-1932511680
      ISBN-10 1932511687

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lucy / your secret book / that you leaned over and wrote just in the dirt— / Not having to have an ending / Not having to last. . . . And so begins Jean Valentine’s provocative new work, Lucy, a poem that pays homage to the three million-year-old skeleton of the earliest known hominid. With a deep sense of gratitude and profound longing, this poem celebrates the creative power of the female by introducing us to one of our oldest human ancestors. In a dreamlike and often fractured syntax that is vintage Valentine, Lucy, the “wildgood mother” of our species, can once again be heard.

      Trade Review
      Will submit for review at Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Rain Taxi, Poetry, The New York Times Book Review, and many literary journals with a focus on poetry

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