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“This poet brings a sparkling consciousness to the page and an exciting new voice to American poetry.”—Library Journal“Most appealing is Olstein's sensitive, quietly pained and earnest tone, w hich, more than the unusual subject, is the real star of this book.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewIn Lisa Olstein's daring new book, an unnamed lepidopterist—living in a hut on the edge of an unnamed village—is drawn ever deeper into the engrossing world of moths, light, and seeing. Structured as a naturalist's notebook, the four-part sequence of prose poems create a layered pilgrimage into the consequences of intensive study, the trials of being an outsider, and the process of metamorphosis. In an interview, Olstein once said, “I don't want poetry to limit itself to reflecting or recapitulating experience; I want it to be an experience.”I have learned to peer at specimens through a small crack at the center of my fist. It's a habit herders use for distance: vision is concentrated, the crude tunnel brings into focus whatever small expanse lies on the other side, something in the narrowing magnifies what remains. At the table, my hand tires of clenching, my left eye of closing, my right of

Who reads Lost Alphabet?

Author

Lisa Olstein

Publisher

Port Townsend, Wash.: Copper Canyon Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781556593017

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities

Rating

3.93 / 5 (54 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14