Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse Genetics & Genomics "You close the book reeling

"You close the book reeling with questions about your own life and your part in changing the future

Collaged from journals and notebooks kept during a period of chronic illness

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Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse Genetics & Genomics "You close the book reelingThe award winning poet reinvents a genre in a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional re creation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming of age story set in the present. Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his fragile, tormented soul in an autobiography he begins at the age of five. As he grows older, Geryon escapes his abusive brother and affectionate but