I forget exactly why I sought out this book, but I really enjoyed it. The book cover describes this as "poetry as essay," which definitely feels right. Packed with big mythology and references to classics (some of which I had to look up to refresh my memory), with themes of adoption, motherhood, and identity.

I really loved the illustrations (especially the graphs!). I loved the bits on Korean. The most memorable poem in the collection for me was just a tiny fragment of "Autoclonography," -- "you are small again a small i a short thing with a black dot for a face -- we have always wanted a dot for a face -- so much easier to look beautiful every day..."

Ambitious and moving. ( )