Poetry makes us feel, and in Evolution we are offered a range of emotions: love, loss, desire, regret, and at times loneliness. I really enjoyed everything Evolution had to offer, the poetry is both emotional and refreshing - Myles shows us all that poetry can be. My Thoughts: In Evolution we see a lot of the poet, Eileen Myles, in her work. This review first appeared on the blog Ally's Appraisals. Certainly makes me want to read more of her work! But there's plenty of wonderful poetry in here along with these prose pieces, so if you like Myles's work, you'll enjoy this collection. I think it may be my favorite piece in the collection. Don't worry, she goes on to say "I am Eileen Myles," so the audience was not confused.) Another prose poem is called "Acceptance Speech" and is written as if Myles were accepting her victory in a presidential election.
I thought that would be a good place to start." (Ann Lee being the founder of the Shakers. The book opens with the text of a talk she gave that was co-sponsored by a Shaker Museum that begins "I am Ann Lee. Spotted this book in the window of the University of Chicago Seminary Coop Bookstore, and thought, now there's a fun souvenir of Chicago to take home with me! I ended getting more than this one book, but if I'd only gotten this one, it would still have been a reason to be glad we visited the campus on our way home to Ohio (we decided to fly from SFO to Chicago, and drive the rest of the way). Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an eARC. Favorites included the untitled introduction, "Evolution," "The City of New York," and "Acceptance Speech."
The rapid pace at which these poems move compels readers to scroll through their contents, even as Myles's ambivalent phrasing thwarts clear comprehension the result is poetry that foregrounds the pleasures of reading over the understanding of interpretation. Far more common, if slightly less interesting, are the poems consisting of a great number of ultra-brief lines that fragment images, meaning, and structure. They rank amongst the most memorable parts of Evolution. Scattered throughout the 176-page collection are a few rambling prose poems that speed through subjects such as Trump's election, the Shakers' history, the loss of the poet's mother, Comey's public persona, and women's ambition. Sauntering about internal and urban landscapes, past and present, Eileen Myles comments upon politics, pop culture, desire, selfhood, and more in the poems of their latest collection, Evolution.
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