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\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Wright has found a way to wed fragments of an iconic America to a luminously strange idiom, eerie as a tin whistle, which she uses to evoke the haunted quality of our carnal existence.\u0026rdquo;\u0026mdash;\u003cI\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by numerous visits inside Louisiana state prisons\u0026mdash;where MacArthur Fellow C.D. Wright served as a \u0026ldquo;factotum\u0026rdquo; for a portrait photographer\u0026mdash;\u003cI\u003eOne Big Self\u003c/I\u003e bears witness to incarcerated men and women and speaks to the psychic toll of protracted time passed in constricted space. It is a riveting mosaic of distinct voices, epistolary pieces, elements from a moralistic board game, road signage, prison data, inmate correspondence, and \u0026ldquo;counts\u0026rdquo; of things\u0026mdash;from baby\u0026rsquo;s teeth to chigger bites:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cI\u003eCount your folding money\u003c/I\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cI\u003eCount the times you said you wouldn\u0026rsquo;t go back\u003c/I\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cI\u003eCount your debts\u003c/I\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cI\u003eCount the roaches when the light comes on\u003c/I\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cI\u003eCount your kids after the housefire\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cI\u003eOne Big Self\u003c/I\u003e\u0026mdash;originally published as a large-format limited edition that featured photographs and text\u0026mdash;was selected by \u003cI\u003eThe New York Times\u003c/I\u003e and \u003cI\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c/I\u003e as a notable book of the year. This edition features the poem exclusively.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cB\u003eC.D. Wright\u003c/B\u003e is the author of ten books of poetry, including several collaborations with photographer Deborah Luster. She is a professor at Brown University.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e |
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