In Revenge, Lauri Robertson's biting 6th volume of poetry, a woman becomes so angry that she throws a piece of plastic into the regular garbage instead of the recycling. But, it's not all a revenge-lite catalogue; note the Girl Scouts accidentally or otherwise leaving her out of the troop because her mother was in a psychiatric hospital. The vignettes resonate deeply, and remind the reader of their own stories. Robertson, who happens to be a psychoanalyst, makes unvarnished, dumbfounded inquiry into our nature(s). This is not appalling, worldly revenge, though perhaps some kind of understanding begins here.
- | Author: Lauri Robertson
- | Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil
- | Publication Date: Oct 15, 2024
- | Number of Pages: 128 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 196390835X
- | ISBN-13: 9781963908350