"Your thoughts become fluid, volatile; their aroma fills the room. This is a nerve storm."

In her first collection since Bitter Angel, winner of the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award, Amy Gerstler explores themes of suffering and redemption through a heady blend of folklore, popular culture, and the natural world in Nerve Storm. The poet Eileen Myles has said that "the supernatural, the sexy mundane, the out-of-sight are simply [Gerstler's] materials, employed as they might be in a piece of religious art." A crackling wit and whimsical instinct guide this collection as Gerstler traipses through humanity's triumphs and blunders, effortlessly revealing the surreal and surprising possibilities inherent in everyday life.

Author: Amy Gerstler
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Published: 11/01/1993
Series: Penguin Poets
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.44w x 0.31d
ISBN: 9780140587036
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/1993 pg. 246
Library Journal 09/15/1993
Publishers Weekly 10/18/1993

About the Author
Amy Gerstler is a writer of fiction, poetry, and journalism whose work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including the Paris Review and Best American Poetry. Her 1990 book Bitter Angel won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Previous titles from Penguin are Crown of Weeds, 1997, and Nerve Storm, 1993.