Nerve Storm

<i>Your thoughts become fluid volatile; their aroma fills the room. This is a nerve storm. </i> <p/>In her first collection since <i>Bitter Angel</i> winner of the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award Amy Gerstler<i> </i>explores themes of suffering and redemption through a heady blend of folklore popular culture and the natural world in <i>Nerve Storm</i>. The poet Eileen Myles has said that the supernatural the sexy mundane the out-of-sight are simply [Gerstler's] materials employed as they might be in a piece of religious art. A crackling wit and whimsical instinct guide this collection as Gerstler traipses through humanity's triumphs and blunders effortlessly revealing the surreal and surprising possibilities inherent in everyday life.