About the book
InThe Amateur Scientist's Notebook, the full-length debut from Jesse DeLong, the beauty and processes of the natural world are distilled in the cycles and seasons of human love. DeLong poignantly observes the paradoxes and parallels between seed and bird; water and stem; history and humanity. With sharp lyricism and formal ingenuity that interrupts and intertwines, DeLong creates an experience of the world, a story of life. Fragmented yet familiar these poems become \"acts of attention that carry, often indistinguishably, great beauty and disillusion.\"The Amateur Scientist's Notebook does the hard work of affirming humanity as a part of the natural world in all of its volatility and symmetry, speaking for both the segment and the singular, the continuous, and the instantaneous.The Amateur Scientist's Notebook marks Jesse DeLong as a major emerging talent in American poetics.
Editions of The Amateur Scientist's Notebook
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781936097364
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InThe Amateur Scientist's Notebook, the full-length debut from Jesse DeLong, the beauty and processes of the natural world are distilled in the cycles and seasons of human love. DeLong poignantly observes the paradoxes and parallels between seed and bird; water and stem; history and humanity. With sharp lyricism and formal ingenuity that interrupts and intertwines, DeLong creates an experience of the world, a story of life. Fragmented yet familiar these poems become \"acts of attention that carry, often indistinguishably, great beauty and disillusion.\"The Amateur Scientist's Notebook does the hard work of affirming humanity as a part of the natural world in all of its volatility and symmetry, speaking for both the segment and the singular, the continuous, and the instantaneous.The Amateur Scientist's Notebook marks Jesse DeLong as a major emerging talent in American poetics.
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What is The Amateur Scientist's Notebook about?
InThe Amateur Scientist's Notebook, the full-length debut from Jesse DeLong, the beauty and processes of the natural world are distilled in the cycles and seasons of human love. DeLong poignantly observes the paradoxes and parallels between seed and bird; water and stem; history and humanity. With sharp lyricism and formal ingenuity that interrupts and intertwines, DeLong creates an experience of the world, a story of life. Fragmented yet familiar these poems become \"acts of attention that carry, often indistinguishably, great beauty and disillusion.\"The Amateur Scientist's Notebook does the hard work of affirming humanity as a part of the natural world in all of its volatility and symmetry, speaking for both the segment and the singular, the continuous, and the instantaneous.The Amateur Scientist's Notebook marks Jesse DeLong as a major emerging talent in American poetics.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Amateur Scientist's Notebook?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Poetry / Poems
Where can I read a sample of The Amateur Scientist's Notebook?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781936097364
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Amateur Scientist's Notebook?
Jesse DeLong
Who is the Publisher of the book The Amateur Scientist's Notebook?
Baobab Press
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Amateur Scientist's Notebook is available as paperback(ISBN 9781936097364)
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