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Micrographia by Emily Wilson

November 12, 2012 by Erica Mena

I got Emily Wilson’s books because I have a letterpressed broadside of hers, made by the inestimable Sara Langworthy, my  former printing teacher at the University of Iowa Center for the Book. The poem on the broadside is “Small Study,” and the language in it is so lush, so finely wrought, that I wanted to read more. She has two books, The Keep and Micrographia and though I’ve been reading The Keep (her first book) longer, I’ve found it much slower going. Micrographia however was a faster read. I […]

Categories: Poetry, Reading Journal • Tags: broadside, emily wilson, erica mena, micrographia, poetry, sara langworthy, the keep, university of iowa press

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