Lowly Allison Blecker As a novel about life

As a novel about life and writing

to Derek Attridge

the Chicago Tribune and many other journals on both sides of the Atlantic

Holly Hopkins and Ben Wilkinson

are handled in a language that is at once strange

Lowly Allison Blecker As a novel about lifeLowly is part invocation, part invitation. The poems in this debut collection consider death, rebirth, and love, while exploring the symbols that make life bearable. Here, ancient mythology and philosophy are examined through contemporary situations, brought forth by a voice that oscillates between humorous and plaintive tones I invent stories. Out of other stories. I can only repeat what I have heard. A scruple is the enemy of a moment. Lowly is a