Evening Oracle by Brandon Shimoda
Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. In EVENING ORACLE, Brandon Shimoda encounters shadows, specters, and women young and old, living and undead and finds himself standing in a graveyard in the middle of a rice field in a town that no longer exists. EVENING ORACLE is composed of poems originally handwritten at night before sleep in the beds of friends and strangers in Japan (2011-2012), and passages from emails and letters to and from friends and family on the subjects of fruit, vegetables, and dying grandparents. Featuring original poems by Dot Devota and Hiromi It, and correspondence by Etel Adnan, Don Mee Choi, Phil Cordelli, Youna Kwak, Quinn Latimer, Mary Ruefle, Rob Schlegel, and Karen McAlister Shimoda, among others.THE ALPS (Flim Forum, 2008), O BON (Litmus Press, 2011), THE GIRL WITHOUT ARMS (Black Ocean, 2011), Portuguese (Octopus/Tin House, 2014), and EVENING ORACLE (Letter Machine Editions, 2015) are among Brandon Shimoda's works. TO LOOK AT THE SEA IS TO BECOME WHAT ONE IS: AN ETEL ADNAN READER (Nightboat Books, 2014), which he co-edited with Thom Donovan. He was born in California and currently resides in limbo.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780988713758 |
| ISBN 10 | 0988713756 |
| Title | Evening Oracle |
| Author | Brandon Shimoda |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Letter Machine Editions |
| Year published | 2015-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 148 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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