Debths

A collection in five parts, Susan Howe's electrifying new book opens with a preface by the poet that lays out some of Debths' inspirations: the art of Paul Thek, the Isabella Stewart Gardner collection, and early American writings; and in it she also addresses memory's threads and galaxies, 'the rule of remoteness,' and 'the luminous story surrounding all things noumenal.'Following the preface are four sections of poetry: 'Titian Air Vent,' 'Tom Tit Tot' (her newest collage poems), 'Periscope,' and 'Debths.' As always with Howe, Debths brings 'a not-being-in-the-no.'