ARGONAUT BOOKS

Written in the form of an epic poem, Anne Carson's story tells of how a young boy, Geryon, escapes to a parallel world of photography and falls in love with Herakles, a golden young man who leaves Geryon at the point of infatuation. Reviews Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today. Autobiography of Red is a wonderful, mongrel work, a strange and ambitious bridge between classical texts and contemporary autobiographical poetryHer work is full of moments of startling originality and beauty. The poems play with character and plot, myth and magic; ...Read More