Ultraviolet of the Genuine

<p><strong>The fourth collection from a rising star of contemporary American poetry</strong></p><p>Hannah Brooks-Motl’s fourth collection of poems is an expansive record of time and thought, weaving together philosophy, science, theology, dreams, grief, literary theory, criticism, history and ideas of utopia—making for a book that continuously surprises and is nearly impossible to categorize. Engaging with centuries of poetic tradition, <i>Ultraviolet of the Genuine</i> leaves room for the development of everything, abstract and alive, even giving ants the spotlight in one long poem. These poems propose a new metaphysics, weighing everyday moments wherein the elusive and ultraviolet radiate. Again, Brooks-Motl challenges the ways we read poetry, not by opting for either the head or the heart, but by choosing both.<br><B>Hannah Brooks-Motl</B> is the author of the poetry collections <i>The New Years</i> (2014), <i>M</i> (2015) and <i>Earth</i> (2019). In a review of <i>Earth</i> in <i>Adroit Journal</i>, Jonathan Suhr writes that in this collection, "The self becomes a referential object defined by its relations to definitions that are also always changin society, home, family, poetry, memory." Brooks-Motl''s poems and essays have appeared in <i>Best American Experimental Writing</i>, <i>Cambridge Literary Review</i>, <i>Chicago Review</i>, <i>Modernism/modernity</i> and <i>Tupelo Quarterly</i>.</p>