Poetry

Come Along with Me to the Pasture Now

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Agape Editions, 2021. Poetry. Described by the author as “my dropping-out book,” Arielle Greenberg’s Come Along With Me to the Pasture Now maps her decision to leave city life and an academic career, and relocate with her family to a rural area. These poems return frequently to a concept of community. What relationships do we have with the people and environments that

I Live in the Country & Other Dirty Poems

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Four Way Books, 2020 ISBN-13: 978-1-945588-43-3 Arielle Greenberg’s I Live in the Country & other dirty poems exploits and undoes the stereotype of the “wholesome country life.” Here, the speaker moves to the country (“where the animals are”) in order to live a whole life, one in which she can live honestly and openly in a non-monogamous marriage. Her book is a visceral,

Slice

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Coconut Books, 2015 “Arielle Greenberg’s SLICE is a challenging and turbulent collection that captures the havoc of motherhood and sexuality. In sprawling, omnivorous verse and prose that seem to be written in a fury, Greenberg reveals the terrifying anxieties and spirit of a self negotiating her gendered identities as mother, wife, lover, and friend. Brutally honest and intimate, these poems

Stadt aus Papier

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A translation of my work into German by Ron Winkler, with photographs by kaufencialisrezeptfrei.com Matthea Harvey.

My Kafka Century

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“Bristles with similarly grim threats and matter-of-fact strangeness.” –Raymond McDaniel, The Boston Review

Given

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“The poems violate the edges of topic, speaker, and narrative; they invite you to ‘Come choose the terrible choice.’ They demand but oh they reward.” –C.S. Giscombe

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