Description:
Evelyn Reilly's most recent book of poetry, Apocaplyso, continues the dystopic re-working of poetry about the biosphere that she began in Styrofoam (Roof Books, 2009). Reilly's new work eschews form for contour, syntax for taxonomy, and content for thematics. A lot of writers essay new nature poetry. Reilly changes the nature of poetry by reflecting structures of the environment in her poetic performance. Apocalypso ends poetry as we know it with a bang.
Brief description: Evelyn Reilly's most recent book of poetry, APOCALYPSO (Roof Books, 2012), continues the dystopic re-working of nature poetry she began in STYROFOAM (Roof Books, 2009). Other works include Fervent Remnants of Reflective Surfaces (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs) and HIATUS (Barrow Street Books, 2004). Recent essays and poems have appeared in EOAGH, Critiphoria, ECO LANGUAGE READER and Interim. She has taught poetics at St. Marks Poetry Project and the Summer Writing Program at Naropa University, and has been a co-curator of the Segue Reading Series.