So Much Synth Goldsmiths Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021) Part II is an elaboration

Part II is an elaboration of four "public arguments"--conservative

competition is not basic to human nature

Using this knowledge of how the mind works

No existing publication seeks to talk both about paranormal mysteries and scientific theory

So Much Synth Goldsmiths Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2021) Part II is an elaboration"Shaughnessy's particular genius . . . is utterly poetic, but essayistic in scope." The New Yorker "Brenda Shaughnessy's work is a good place to start for any passionate woman feeling daunted by poetry." Cosmopolitan "Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy." Harvard Review Subversions of idiom and clich punctuate Shaughnessy's fourth collection as she approaches middle age and revisits the memories,