<div><p>In this book-length poem, G.C. Waldrep addresses matters as diverse as Mormonism, cymatics, race, Dolly the cloned sheep, and his own life and faith. Drafted over twelve trance-like days while in residence at Hawthornden Castle, Waldrep responds to such poets as Alice Notley, Lisa Robertson, and Carla Harryman, and tackles the question of whether gender can be a lyric form.</p><p><b>G.C. Waldrep</b>'s books include <i>Disclamor</i> (BOA Editions Ltd., 2007) and<i> Your Father on the Train of Ghosts</i> (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2011). He lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where he teaches at Bucknell University, edits<i>West Branch</i>, and serves as editor-at-large for the <i>Kenyon Review</i>.</p></div>