Adam Fagin

"Furthest Ecology takes up the life and labor of Abbott Thayer, the prickly, irrepressible American painter and naturalist nicknamed "the father of camouflage." In 1896, Thayer discovered countershading, also known as "Thayer's Law," the theory of animal coloration often credited for laying the groundwork for military camouflage in World War I. Fagin's poetry follows Thayer through "pure leafy space" ringing with "hypertelic / rhythms of a redpoll," examining in lush, panoramic detail "the clairvoyance of the artist's attention." But this idyllic portrait unravels as Thayer's story proceeds. Grieving the death of his first wife and, later, cutting a frenzied path through wartime Europe, Thayer encounters darker forces, within and without. With spare beauty and sharp-edged syntax, Fagin conjures the painter's world: Loss, despair, obsession, ecstasy, and the aesthetic sublime. Furthest Ecology is a vivid and powerful debut that will haunt readers with its singular vision of artistic pursuit"--Provided by publisher.

Furthest Ecology

Jeremy Hoevenaar

Georg Trakl

Kyle Coma-Thompson

Garett Strickland

Paul Éluard

Laura Walker

Elizabeth Robinson

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Gary J. Shipley

Róbert Gál

Vahé Godel

Serge Pey

Jennifer Soong

Christine Shan Shan Hou

Je Baer

E. L. Æ. Elæ

Patricia Hartland

Heikki Huotari

M. C. Hyland

Rachel Levitsky

Clarissa Macedo

Geoffrey Olsen

Branko Ve Poljanski

Lindsey Webb

Rachael Guynn Wilson

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