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"Smart, impish, and spare, Per Aage Brandt finds the physical in the metaphysical, and the fizz in the physiological." -- Joanna TrzeciakA cognitive scientist by trade, Per Aage Brandt's poems resemble little puzzle boxes -- all quite short with lines of almost identical length. But within this seemingly rigid structure, he explores a vast range of topics, from death and communication to catastrophes, economics, intimacy, dreams, and cats. At once philosophical and playful, these poems stimulate the mind and are also disarmingly human.if I were a suicide bomber, by profession,so to speak, I would choose a desertedplace, climb up on a big boulder, focusmy mind intensely on the world's mostinsane, stupid, malodorous, and in everyrespect repulsive ideas, evoke and displaythem, scrutinize their features very preciselybefore my inner eye and ear, and then,when all finally was totally clear,I would activate the detonator in my belt (goodbye, ideas) In addition to his poetry, Per Aage Brandt has published a large number of books on the subjects of semiotics, linguistics, culture, and music.
About the Author
Thom Satterlee was born in 1967 in Batavia, NY. When he was sixteen, he spent his junior year of high school in Denmark, where he hoped to develop into a world-class soccer player but instead found himself increasingly interested in literature and writing--and not, in the meantime, attracting any European club scouts. A college professor of composition and creative writing from 1998-2011, Thom is now a full-time writer with seven book credits to his name, most recently THE STAGES: A NOVEL. He is perhaps best known for his poetry collection BURNING WYCLIF, which was a 2007 American Library Association Notable Book and a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize in Poetry.
