A powerful poetic exploration of environmental change and community impact.Almost everyone thinks wind power is a great advance, but it too can be done the wrong way. Berni m janssen shares the stories of people living in an idyllic country area where wind turbines are erected. The poems vividly portray the natural world alongside the struggles of those subjected to body-grinding, low-pitched sounds and sleepless nights.
Between Wind and Wateris a starkly visual and visceral collection that will leave audiences writhing in disbelief. It gives voice to the concerns of those affected by environmental changes, exploring the complexities of environmentalism and social justice. This collection is for readers interested in environmental issues, poetry, social justice, and community stories.
"Rejoice! berni janssen's new book! This book is easy to love: its rugged, soft, deft, exact forms. Action is embedded in things; politics is stitched into the wind. Set against the bamboozle clatter of corpspeak and co-option. It's a beautifully grounded book and it's going to make trouble." —Chris Mansell,Poet and Publisher
"In a constant eddy of wind and water, janssen unspools a blistering attack on corporate Australia's public manipulations, elisions of truth and scientific spinning. Her tools, a menagerie of wind turbines and the humans living amongst them—Dan, Cassandra, Charles, Una, and others. These poems fashion an epic grid that electrifies you, big energy at its absolute finest." —Kent Macarter, Poet and Managing EditorCordite Poetry Review
"A heady consciousness ride through the changing synergies of mind body space in the world, be it natural, or constructed. One of Australian’s treasures, berni janssen, a pioneering sound poet, is fully focused on the auditory as a means of experiencing the world. The voice of berni is loud and clear. She takl³/
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