A Conversation With Elisa Gabbert About “Normal Distance”  – Chicago Review of Books

A Conversation With Elisa Gabbert About “Normal Distance”  – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Mostly written during the last several years, the poems in Normal Distance, Elisa Gabbert’s highly-anticipated new collection, speak to the disjunctive nature of our times. Yet the juxtaposition of the philosophical and quotidian, often playfully rendered, belies the dexterity involved in crafting these striking poems. Also a well-regarded critic and essayist, Gabbert’s charming, inquisitive mind … Read more

Temporal Distance in “Nobody, Somebody, Anybody” – Chicago Review of Books

Temporal Distance in “Nobody, Somebody, Anybody” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Among the great and hidden challenges of past tense, first-person narration—and one that, while seemingly omnipresent in contemporary fiction, is seldom discussed—is fixing the temporal distance between the act of the narrating and the fictive events themselves. It is a concern that asks, essentially, how far away in time is the protagonist from herself … Read more