Doll Apollo

With lush imagery and surprising syntactical turns the poems in <i>Doll Apollo</i> merge mythology with close attention to the patterns colors and contours of the material world. Through the figure of the paper doll the hoax conspiracy surrounding the Apollo moon landing and lyrics embedded with violence and beauty Melissa Ginsburg's feminist ecopoetics weaves the domestic and celestial into considerations of female identity desire spiritual yearning and doubt. Throughout <i>Doll Apollo </i>remains rooted in scenery and music as Ginsburg embraces her subjects with humor and verbal and formal play.