Medicine
“Medicine” by Amy Gerstler is a poetry collection published by National Geographic Books on June 1, 2000. This edition spans 96 pages and is presented in English. Gerstler’s work is known for its complex yet accessible style, and in this collection, she employs a range of dramatic voices, featuring characters such as Cinderella’s wicked sisters and a woman married to a bear, among others. The poems explore themes of love, mourning, and the interplay between science and pseudo-science.
Readers will find that “Medicine” showcases Gerstler’s signature blend of strong emotion and language play, infused with surprising twists and a dark sense of humor. The collection reflects her interests in the idea of an afterlife and the complexities of human experience. Through her diverse characters and their narratives, Gerstler creates an elusive authorial presence that invites contemplation and engagement with the multifaceted nature of life and death.
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Amy Gerstler has won acclaim for complex yet accessible poetry that is by turns extravagant, subversive, surreal, and playful. In her new collection, Medicine, she deploys a variety of dramatic voices, spoken by such disparate characters as Cinderella’s wicked sisters, the wife of a nineteenth-century naturalist, a homicide detective, and a woman who is happily married to a bear. Their elusive collectivity suggests, but never quite defines, the floating authorial presence that haunts them. Gerstler’s abiding interests–in love and mourning, in science and pseudo-science, in the idea of an afterlife–are strongly evident in these new poems, which are full of strong emotion, language play, surprising twists, and a wicked sense of black humor.
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