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Inferno: A Poet's Novel
- Narrated by: Eileen Myles
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Dubbed "the rock star of modern poetry", Eileen Myles’ presents a deeply personal fictionalized memoir that mirrors Dante’s Divine Comedy in overall structure but injects it - as evidenced by an eighty-plus page passage written as a grant application - with a dose of the avant-garde in its portrayal of a bohemian poet finding her artistic and sexual identity in fertile creative ground of the New York City underground from the '70’s through the '90’s.
Myles’s performance of her own work imbues it with a startling vulnerability and emotional resonance that is rare to find in an audiobook.
Summary
From its beginning - “My English professor’s ass was so beautiful” - to its end - “You can actually learn to have grace. And that’s heaven” - poet, essayist, and performer Eileen Myles’ chronicle transmits an energy and vividness that will not soon leave its listeners. Her story of a young female writer, discovering both her sexuality and her own creative drive in the meditative and raucous environment that was New York City in its punk and indie heyday, is engrossing, poignant, and funny. This is a voice from the underground that redefines the meaning of the word.
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- Henry Iles
- 14-12-22
A bit like a travel journal
A different time, a different world but in some ways nothing changes. I found this a surprising frank and funny look into the life that of another person, the kind a friend might give you.
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- Anita L.
- 20-04-22
amusing
I have never heard of the author, but now feel that she is an old friend. loved her voice and pace throughout.
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