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Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems
Elaine Equi
"[Equi writes] with a full, post-punk, Dorothy Parkerish kit of weapons: arched eye-brow barbs, nervy, catch hooks of pop-conscious metaphor and double-meanings stitched in light-handedly, 'as if doodled there with invisible ink.'"—San Francisco Chronicle
In Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems, Elaine Equi consolidates thirty years of practicing and perfecting her unique brand of expansive minimalism. As a lover of clarity, wit, and elegance, the aphorism, proverb, haiku, and caption are among her favorite modes of expression. Her poems are quick, yet they also linger long after the first reading because in each of them she has distilled a wide range of literary influences from classical Chinese, to Surrealist, Objectivist, concrete poetry, New York School, and more. Pop and approachable, erudite and subtle—Equi continues to dazzle with her sophisticated and sly wit.
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