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About the Book
In this collection of poetry, Donhauser continually uses simple objects to discuss science, philosophy, history, and self. A thicket, a manure pile, a marigold, gravel, a tomato, a cypress award-winning poet Michael Donhauser engages in a "close reading" of natural things. His emphasis is not so much on observation and depiction as on tracing the movement from object to language. His approach is multilayered, bringing a dazzling variety of perspectives scientific, philosophical, historical to his deeply felt encounters with nonhuman phenomena."
About the Author
Born in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Michael Donhauser grew up in Liechtenstein and currently lives in Vienna. He has been publishing prose, poetry, and essays to critical acclaim since 1986. He has also translated Rimbaud and Francis Ponge into German. His first book in English, Of Things (Von den Dingen), was published by Burning Deck Press in 2016.