Occasionally Accurate Science by July Westhale
Poetry. Young Adult. Illustrated by Liz Laribee. The poems and illustrations in OCCASIONALLY ACCURATE SCIENCE investigate, play with, and push the envelope of collective nouns in fantastical and ordinary ways. With off-the-wall forms and the occasional scientific accuracy, OCCASIONALLY ACCURATE SCIENCE seeks to help children (and quirky adults ) explore the blurry lines between fact and fiction, poetry and taxonomy. OCCASIONALLY ACCURATE SCIENCE allows readers to explore the fantastical world of groupings of animals with one eye turned toward the truth. It is a delightful book that can be used for fancy and education in equal measure.
Westhale, July: - July Westhale is a writer, educator, and adoptee. She was born in Arizona, but has lived largely in California, and has been in Oakland for the last ten years. She has her hand in many pots: teaching Creative Writing, working in reproductive health/patient advocacy, and writing to pay rent. She writes expansively in several genres (YA, Creative Nonfiction, Journalism), but her crux is always poetry. Her work largely deals with the intersections between personal and global trauma, class, place, and ideas of home--in landscapes and in people. She is constantly reconciling the disparity between academia and the poor/working class, and engaging in larger conversations about breaking down borders between the two. She is the author of The Cavalcade, a chapbook, through Finishing Line Press, and Occasionally Accurate Science, a children's book of collective nouns, forthcoming from Nomadic Press. She is working on several other projects at present, and also paints, makes comics, and embroiders. She is a regular contributor at The Establishment, and her work has also appeared in The Huffington Post. Her essays have been nominated for The Best of the Net, and Best American Essays. Her most recent poetry can be found in burntdistrict, Eleven Eleven, 580 Split, Quarterly West, and PRISM International. TRAILER TRASH (Kore Press, 2018) is her first full-length poetry book, and has been made possible through generous grants and residencies from Dickinson House, the Vermont Studio Center, the Tom and Evelyn Newbury award, Sewanee, and the Lambda Literary Foundation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781732786615 |
| ISBN 10 | 1732786615 |
| Title | Occasionally Accurate Science |
| Author | July Westhale |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Black Lawrence Press |
| Year published | 2019-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 70 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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