We Are Not Where We Are - Paperback

by Matt Donovan (Author), Jenny George (Author)

A poetic reimagining of Thoreau's Walden, challenging individualism and celebrating nature.

In We Are Not Where We Are, Matt Donovan and Jenny George present a chapter-by-chapter erasure of Thoreau's classic, questioning its core beliefs about self-reliance and our relationship with the environment. The poems embody a collaborative spirit, unearthing a vision of limitless possibility and wild beauty within the original text. This collection invites readers to reconsider their connection to nature and society.

For those who appreciate innovative poetry and seek a fresh perspective on a literary masterpiece. Discover a new Walden through the art of erasure.

Author Biography

Matt Donovan is the author of four books and two chapbooks, including, most recently, The Dug-Up Gun Museum (BOA) and Missing Department (Visual Studies Workshop), a collection of poetry and art made in collaboration with the artist Ligia Bouton. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award, a Rome Prize in Literature, a Creative Capital Grant, a Pushcart Prize, and an NEA Fellowship in Literature. Donovan serves as Director of the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Jenny George is the author of The Dream of Reason and After Image, both from Copper Canyon Press, as well as the chapbook * (Bull City Press). She has received support from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Lannan Foundation, MacDowell, and Yaddo. Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review, the New York Times, Ploughshares, Poetry, and elsewhere. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she works in social justice philanthropy.