num_pages: 112
description: "Your thoughts become fluid, volatile; their aroma fills the room. This is a nerve storm."In her first collection since Bitter Angel , winner of the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award, Amy Gerstler   explores themes of suffering and redemption through a heady blend of folklore, popular culture, and the natural world in Nerve Storm . The poet Eileen Myles has said that "the supernatural, the sexy mundane, the out-of-sight are simply [Gerstler's] materials, employed as they might be in a piece of religious art." A crackling wit and whimsical instinct guide this collection as Gerstler traipses through humanity's triumphs and blunders, effortlessly revealing the surreal and surprising possibilities inherent in everyday life.
language: English
title: Nerve Storm
titlecomplete: Nerve Storm ( Penguin Poets)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 76
publisher: Penguin Books