{"product_id":"9780982573181","title":"Infinite Variations","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePoetry. Composed from source text randomly selected from \u003cem\u003eOn the Origin of the Species\u003c\/em\u003e and the Old Testament, INFINITE VARIATIONS seeks to puncture the political in exploring and re-imagining these seminal texts. Splicing cell structure with the numinous, it careens, stutters, and reinvents.\u003cp\u003e\"Using phrasing and vocabulary from the Old Testament and Darwin's \u003cem\u003eOn the Origin of the Species\u003c\/em\u003e as her raw material, Nelligan creates startlingly fresh structures, contemporary in their vigorous parataxis and suspension of normative logic, timeless in their explorations of origin and, ultimately, of being. But above all, there's a marvelous mix of delight and gravity in the way she wields these words, letting sound and association create bridges across epochs and disciplines. An extremely promising first book, at once intimate and immense, luminous and lively.\"—Cole Swensen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"INFINITE VARIATIONS takes two loaded and locked works—\u003cem\u003eOn the Origin of the Species\u003c\/em\u003e and the Old Testament—and uses them in allegiance to an exploration of desire. Each word is, thus, resonant, full of debate. It is a defense of evolution's role in love and about a love of evolution's variations. Throughout it is provocative in its simplicity, luminous in its word play.\"—Juliana Spahr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Radish Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47010031272176,"sku":"9780982573181","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982573181","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}