Special Powers and Abilities
Autor Raymond McDanielen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 oct 2012
"McDaniel's language trains every particle of your attention on the surface and what stirs beneath."—C.D. Wright
Inspired by the comic series The Legion of Super-Heroes, Raymond McDaniel's poems morph superheroes into religious and mythological narratives. Using a range of traditional forms—versets, kennings, and sonnets—his poems consider the history of how we look at the future and take on an almost Talmudic complexity.
Raymond McDaniel is the author of Saltwater Empire and Murder (a violet), a National Poetry Series selection. Born in Florida, McDaniel now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, teaches at the University of Michigan, and writes for The Constant Critic.
Inspired by the comic series The Legion of Super-Heroes, Raymond McDaniel's poems morph superheroes into religious and mythological narratives. Using a range of traditional forms—versets, kennings, and sonnets—his poems consider the history of how we look at the future and take on an almost Talmudic complexity.
Raymond McDaniel is the author of Saltwater Empire and Murder (a violet), a National Poetry Series selection. Born in Florida, McDaniel now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, teaches at the University of Michigan, and writes for The Constant Critic.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781566893152
ISBN-10: 1566893151
Pagini: 99
Dimensiuni: 152 x 226 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Coffee House Press
Colecția Coffee House Press
ISBN-10: 1566893151
Pagini: 99
Dimensiuni: 152 x 226 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Coffee House Press
Colecția Coffee House Press
Recenzii
"There's nothing like this stellar—and also interstellar—collection. . . . These poems are like their comic book sources in many ways, all of them smart and most of them touching, but in one way most of all: pick it up and you won't want to put it down."—Stephen Burt
"In Special Powers and Abilities, Raymond McDaniel takes as his subject the perpetual allure of adolescence, where, like Ben-Day dots, emotions are simple, modular, primary-colored. . . .Out of these lurid tints and all-caps dialogue—the crude exuberance of youth—McDaniel constructs a subtle and haunting meditation on nostalgia, “stitched of silk & almost oblivion” and “the world to which you cannot return” is a universe in which unitards are donned for everyday wear and “foil” can be used as a verb. To be “alien” here is not to hail from an exotic planet, but instead to be stricken by adult self-consciousness: a –“mind, worn smooth by friction.”—Monica Youn, National Book Award poetry finalist for Igntatz
"McDaniel doesn’t so much capture the voice of superheroes as he employs his special ability to render them—emotionally, psychologically—which is a super power in itself. These poems are at once sublime and imaginative, earthy and other worldly, philosophical and sensible. The future of myth and fable lies between these pages, a future we once believed “could be good, because/ once we believed a future could be.' Read these poems and believe again."—A. Van Jordan
"Witty language fun for comic book fans and non-believers alike can be found in McDaniel's poetic homage to one of the greatest superhero teams in comics."—Shelf Awareness
"The poems in this collection are fun, whimsical, but hiding within a secret identity. . . . [McDaniel's] poems have the only superpower a poet ever needs; they have something to say."— Pleiades
“[T]hese poems, by turns affectionate and furious, animate the loves and inner lives of the perpetual superteens who make up the Legion . . . Don't worry if you're not a Legion reader, though. McDaniel takes pains to open up the universe to those unfamiliar with it and many poems manage to function quite successfully as both exposition and poetry-no mean feat. . . . The poems careen between clever rhetorical acrobatics . . . and moments where language grows elastic, gorgeous, uncanny.”—I09
"Special Powers and Abilities takes its inspiration from a long (and still!) running comic series about super-powered teenagers in a distant future. Through the intricate use of assorted poetic structures or devices, McDaniel investigates everything from teenage love triangles and last stands to mythological parallels and the limits of poetry and comics. . . . I found the arrangement of poems both magnanimous and exciting."—BOMBlog
"In Special Powers and Abilities, McDaniel—in vocabulary and forms moving between opulently whiz-band comics-inspired, deliberately and humorously mundane, and wistfully lyrical—narratives key episodes and the loves and yearnings of some of the characters. In the process, he finds in his source material a remarkable degree of pathos and insight."—Rain Taxi Review
"McDaniel uses these somewhat obscure characters, particularly Brainiac 5, to simultaneously critique and examine the universe of the comic, and also the human frailties common even to superheroes . . . McDaniel's affection for this comic-book world allows the reader to enter it with affection, too, and enjoy the poems whether or not they are familiar with the specifics of The Legion of Super-Heroes, or even comic book archetypes and tropes." —The Rumpus
"McDaniel flexes his poetic muscles, making it clear that, as dedicated as he is to the history of the Legion, he is equally well versed in the subtleties of his craft. . . . This collection is suffused with the wonder, excitement, disappointment, and grief felt periodically by many fans of long-running comic series. By its end many readers—comic fanatics and newcomers alike—may find themselves initiated into the Legion of Super-Heroes."—The Los Angeles Review
"In Special Powers and Abilities, Raymond McDaniel takes as his subject the perpetual allure of adolescence, where, like Ben-Day dots, emotions are simple, modular, primary-colored. . . .Out of these lurid tints and all-caps dialogue—the crude exuberance of youth—McDaniel constructs a subtle and haunting meditation on nostalgia, “stitched of silk & almost oblivion” and “the world to which you cannot return” is a universe in which unitards are donned for everyday wear and “foil” can be used as a verb. To be “alien” here is not to hail from an exotic planet, but instead to be stricken by adult self-consciousness: a –“mind, worn smooth by friction.”—Monica Youn, National Book Award poetry finalist for Igntatz
"McDaniel doesn’t so much capture the voice of superheroes as he employs his special ability to render them—emotionally, psychologically—which is a super power in itself. These poems are at once sublime and imaginative, earthy and other worldly, philosophical and sensible. The future of myth and fable lies between these pages, a future we once believed “could be good, because/ once we believed a future could be.' Read these poems and believe again."—A. Van Jordan
"Witty language fun for comic book fans and non-believers alike can be found in McDaniel's poetic homage to one of the greatest superhero teams in comics."—Shelf Awareness
"The poems in this collection are fun, whimsical, but hiding within a secret identity. . . . [McDaniel's] poems have the only superpower a poet ever needs; they have something to say."— Pleiades
“[T]hese poems, by turns affectionate and furious, animate the loves and inner lives of the perpetual superteens who make up the Legion . . . Don't worry if you're not a Legion reader, though. McDaniel takes pains to open up the universe to those unfamiliar with it and many poems manage to function quite successfully as both exposition and poetry-no mean feat. . . . The poems careen between clever rhetorical acrobatics . . . and moments where language grows elastic, gorgeous, uncanny.”—I09
"Special Powers and Abilities takes its inspiration from a long (and still!) running comic series about super-powered teenagers in a distant future. Through the intricate use of assorted poetic structures or devices, McDaniel investigates everything from teenage love triangles and last stands to mythological parallels and the limits of poetry and comics. . . . I found the arrangement of poems both magnanimous and exciting."—BOMBlog
"In Special Powers and Abilities, McDaniel—in vocabulary and forms moving between opulently whiz-band comics-inspired, deliberately and humorously mundane, and wistfully lyrical—narratives key episodes and the loves and yearnings of some of the characters. In the process, he finds in his source material a remarkable degree of pathos and insight."—Rain Taxi Review
"McDaniel uses these somewhat obscure characters, particularly Brainiac 5, to simultaneously critique and examine the universe of the comic, and also the human frailties common even to superheroes . . . McDaniel's affection for this comic-book world allows the reader to enter it with affection, too, and enjoy the poems whether or not they are familiar with the specifics of The Legion of Super-Heroes, or even comic book archetypes and tropes." —The Rumpus
"McDaniel flexes his poetic muscles, making it clear that, as dedicated as he is to the history of the Legion, he is equally well versed in the subtleties of his craft. . . . This collection is suffused with the wonder, excitement, disappointment, and grief felt periodically by many fans of long-running comic series. By its end many readers—comic fanatics and newcomers alike—may find themselves initiated into the Legion of Super-Heroes."—The Los Angeles Review
Notă biografică
Raymond McDaniel is the author of Saltwater Empire and Murder (a violet), a National Poetry Series selection. His writing appears in many magazines and in the anthology American Poets in the 21st Century. Born in Florida, McDaniel now lives in Ann Arbor, teaches at the University of Michigan, and writes for The Constant Critic.
Cuprins
Secret Origins Revealed
Saturn Girl / Imra Ardeen of Titan / super-telepathy
Saturn Girl / Imra Ardeen of Titan / super-telepathy
Lightning Lad / Garth Ranzz of Winath / super-lightning
Cosmic Boy / Rokk Krin of Braal / super-magnetism
Duo Damsel / Luornu Durgo of Cargg / super-triplication powers
Phantom Girl / Tinya Wazzo of Bgztl / super-intangibility
Superboy
Superboy Does Not Love Duo Damsel
Chameleon Boy / Reep Daggle of Durla / super-shape-changing
Colossal Boy / Gim Allon of Earth / super-growth
Invisible Kid / Lyle Norg of Earth / super-invisibility
Star Boy / Thom Kallor of Xanthu / super-inducement of mass
Brainiac 5 / Querl Dox of Colu / super-intelligence
Brainiac 5 Archives the News of the World that Was
The Condemned Legionnaires
Sun Boy / Dirk Morgna of Earth / super-radiance
Shrinking Violet / Salu Digby of Imsk / super-diminution
Colossal Boy Loves Shrinking Violet
Bouncing Boy / Chuck Taine of Earth / super-elasticity
Ultra Boy / Jo Nah of Rimbor / super-assortment of super-powers
Mon-El / Lar Gand of Daxam /
Matter-Eater Lad / Tenzil Kem of Bismoll / super-digestion
Element Lad / Jan Arrah of Trom / super-transmutation
Light Lass / Ayla Ranzz of Winath / super?
Orphans
Dream Girl / Nura Nal of Naltor / super-precognition
The Menace of Dream Girl
The Weddings that Wrecked the Legion
Brainiac 5 Pitches a Hypothesis Fit
The Super-Stalag of Space
Gadget Catalogue
Ferro Lad / Andrew Nolan of Earth / super-ferrous
Karate Kid / Val Armorr of Earth / super-karate
Princess Projectra of Orando / super-illusionist
Sensor Girl / Projectra of Orando / super-mysterious
Shadow Lass / Tasmia Mallor of Talok IV / super-darkness
Instructions for the Use of Telepathic Plug
Chemical King / Condo Arlik of Phlon / super-catayst
Timber Wolf / Brin Londo of Zuun / super-acrobat
Timber Wolf Loves Light Lass
Wildfire / Drake Burroughs of Earth / super-energy
Tyroc / Tyroc of Marzal Island / super-weird yells
Dawnstar / Dawnstar of Starhaven / super-tracking
Blok of Dryad / super-stone
Invisible Kid II / Jacques Foccart of Earth / super-invisibility +
Invisible Kids
Instruction for the Use of Telepathic Plug
White Witch / Mysa Nal of Naltor / super-spellcaster
The Persistence of Espionage
Wildire Loves Dawnstar
Instructions for the Use of Telepathic Plug
Magnetic Kid
Polar Boy / Brek Bannin of Tharr / super-cold
Brainiac 5 Drops the Plot
Instructions for the Use of Telepathic Plug
Brainiac 5 Models the Bottle City of Kandor 11
Ferro Lad Memorial Action Figure
Sense-Maps of the United Planets
Shadow Lass Loves Mon-El
What to Expect
Brainiac 5¿s Very Bad Valentine
Saturn Girl / Imra Ardeen of Titan / super-telepathy
Saturn Girl / Imra Ardeen of Titan / super-telepathy
Lightning Lad / Garth Ranzz of Winath / super-lightning
Cosmic Boy / Rokk Krin of Braal / super-magnetism
Duo Damsel / Luornu Durgo of Cargg / super-triplication powers
Phantom Girl / Tinya Wazzo of Bgztl / super-intangibility
Superboy
Superboy Does Not Love Duo Damsel
Chameleon Boy / Reep Daggle of Durla / super-shape-changing
Colossal Boy / Gim Allon of Earth / super-growth
Invisible Kid / Lyle Norg of Earth / super-invisibility
Star Boy / Thom Kallor of Xanthu / super-inducement of mass
Brainiac 5 / Querl Dox of Colu / super-intelligence
Brainiac 5 Archives the News of the World that Was
The Condemned Legionnaires
Sun Boy / Dirk Morgna of Earth / super-radiance
Shrinking Violet / Salu Digby of Imsk / super-diminution
Colossal Boy Loves Shrinking Violet
Bouncing Boy / Chuck Taine of Earth / super-elasticity
Ultra Boy / Jo Nah of Rimbor / super-assortment of super-powers
Mon-El / Lar Gand of Daxam /
Matter-Eater Lad / Tenzil Kem of Bismoll / super-digestion
Element Lad / Jan Arrah of Trom / super-transmutation
Light Lass / Ayla Ranzz of Winath / super?
Orphans
Dream Girl / Nura Nal of Naltor / super-precognition
The Menace of Dream Girl
The Weddings that Wrecked the Legion
Brainiac 5 Pitches a Hypothesis Fit
The Super-Stalag of Space
Gadget Catalogue
Ferro Lad / Andrew Nolan of Earth / super-ferrous
Karate Kid / Val Armorr of Earth / super-karate
Princess Projectra of Orando / super-illusionist
Sensor Girl / Projectra of Orando / super-mysterious
Shadow Lass / Tasmia Mallor of Talok IV / super-darkness
Instructions for the Use of Telepathic Plug
Chemical King / Condo Arlik of Phlon / super-catayst
Timber Wolf / Brin Londo of Zuun / super-acrobat
Timber Wolf Loves Light Lass
Wildfire / Drake Burroughs of Earth / super-energy
Tyroc / Tyroc of Marzal Island / super-weird yells
Dawnstar / Dawnstar of Starhaven / super-tracking
Blok of Dryad / super-stone
Invisible Kid II / Jacques Foccart of Earth / super-invisibility +
Invisible Kids
Instruction for the Use of Telepathic Plug
White Witch / Mysa Nal of Naltor / super-spellcaster
The Persistence of Espionage
Wildire Loves Dawnstar
Instructions for the Use of Telepathic Plug
Magnetic Kid
Polar Boy / Brek Bannin of Tharr / super-cold
Brainiac 5 Drops the Plot
Instructions for the Use of Telepathic Plug
Brainiac 5 Models the Bottle City of Kandor 11
Ferro Lad Memorial Action Figure
Sense-Maps of the United Planets
Shadow Lass Loves Mon-El
What to Expect
Brainiac 5¿s Very Bad Valentine
Descriere
A futuristic, stunningly imaginative poetic exploration of superheroes, religion, and myth.