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What Looks Like an Elephant by Edward Nudelman, published by Lummox Press, was the 2011 Indie Lit Awards Poetry Runner-Up. Initially, readers may fear the collection’s use of math and science, but Nudelman’s poetry makes these concepts accessible in most cases. Broken down into four sections, the collection explores the known and the unknown, that which we fear and that which we do not. There is a tension throughout the collection that will push and pull the reader with each poem’s exploration of the human condition steeped in nature imagery, math concepts, and scientific analysis.
In some instances, Nudelman uses the scientific method to carry readers through a series of images and questions about what we know to be true and what we think is true. Like Socrates, the scientific method ensures that hypotheses are tested with experiments or examples and counter-examples to uncover the truth or guiding theory. Beyond the use of math and science, Nudelman’s observation skills as a scientist still shine without them, like in “Arrival” (page 18), “Outside, a dog wants in./Inside, a soul wears slippers and sips iced tea.//” and in “The Corners of Rooms” (page 35), “On sultry evenings while mosquitoes squeeze/through screens, you remain safe in the vertex/of walls. Better to dazzle in a little gray light/than crisp-up in the middle of the oven./”
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In some instances, Nudelman uses the scientific method to carry readers through a series of images and questions about what we know to be true and what we think is true. Like Socrates, the scientific method ensures that hypotheses are tested with experiments or examples and counter-examples to uncover the truth or guiding theory. Beyond the use of math and science, Nudelman’s observation skills as a scientist still shine without them, like in “Arrival” (page 18), “Outside, a dog wants in./Inside, a soul wears slippers and sips iced tea.//” and in “The Corners of Rooms” (page 35), “On sultry evenings while mosquitoes squeeze/through screens, you remain safe in the vertex/of walls. Better to dazzle in a little gray light/than crisp-up in the middle of the oven./”
Read the full review:http://savvyverseandwit.com/2012/04/2011-indie-lit-awards-poetry-runner-up-review-what-looks-like-an-elephant-by-edward-nudelman.html
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