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    Valence: Considering War through Poetry and Theory
    Valence: Considering War through Poetry and Theory
    Valence: Considering War through Poetry and Theory
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    Valence: Considering War through Poetry and Theory

    By Susan Hawthorne

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    Valence in chemistry, the number of bonds in an element’s atom in linguistics, the number of arguments controlled by a verbal predicate in psychology, the emotional charge something has In this remarkable annotated poem, Susan Hawthorne commits to words the horrors of war that have been left unspoken. She shatters the conspiracy of silence and dares to draw links between militarism, fundamentalism and the sex industry. She rails against the violence of war and contemplates the link between place and the history of war that is infused into the earth. With a fresh examination of her surroundings, she considers the endless cycle of war that survives on the persistence of hope—hope of an end to war, hope of an end to suffering. This is a hope that Susan Hawthorne does not ultimately share, but her courage in telling the truth about war through her poetry is a gift for readers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpinifex Press
    Release dateSep 1, 2012
    ISBN9781742198187
    Valence: Considering War through Poetry and Theory

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      Valence - Susan Hawthorne

      Susan Hawthorne is a poet, publisher and academic. Her book, Earth’s Breath, was shortlisted for the 2010 Judith Wright Poetry Award. She is Adjunct Professor in the Writing Program at James Cook University and the author of books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, including co-editing (with Bronwyn Winter) the classic anthology, September 11, 2001: Feminist perspectives. Her latest collection of poetry is Cow.

      Other poetry titles by Susan Hawthorne:

      Cow (2011)

      Earth’s Breath (2009)

      Unsettling the Land (with Suzanne Bellamy, 2008)

      The Butterfly Effect (2005)

      Bird (1999)

      The Language in My Tongue (1993)

      VALENCE

      CONSIDERING WAR THROUGH POETRY

      AND THEORY

      Susan Hawthorne

      First published by Spinifex Press 2011

      Spinifex Press Pty Ltd

      504 Queensberry St

      North Melbourne, Victoria 3051

      Australia

      women@spinifexpress.com.au

      www.spinifexpress.com.au

      Copyright © Susan Hawthorne, 2011

      Valence (poem) published in WSQ:

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