Into the Into of Earth Itself by Amanda Hodes

Into the Into of Earth Itself

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Into the Into of Earth Itself

Black Lawrence Press

Into the Into of Earth Itself

by Amanda Hodes

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Winner of the 2024 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry

Selected by judge Diana Khoi Nguyen, Into the Into of Earth Itself is the debut collection by Amanda Hodes. The poems investigate the dual histories of two Pennsylvania towns: Palmerton and the nearby ghost town of Centralia, which was condemned due to an underground mine fire that will burn for centuries.

Through text mining, these poems excavate legislation, archival material, web comments, and even the Silent Hill screenplay, revealing the inextricable nature of environmental toxicity and toxic masculinity, the violation of the environment and violations of women. Human pollution is a "bug" in the code, prompting forms of material glitch--earthquakes, sinkholes, illness, and shame. Couched in code-like syntax, the collection cycles through an ecology of voices, from bacteria to pigeons to weeds, all the while exploring sexual assault and chronic illness, questioning what it truly means to be "natural" or "clean."
Book Details
Publisher:
Black Lawrence Press
ISBN:
9781625572202
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
96
Authors:
Amanda Hodes
Published Date:
2026-09-15
Language:
English
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