Slow Fuse of the Possible: A Memoir of Poetry and Psychoanalysis -- Kate Daniels

<p><b>"Daniels is a keen observer of visceral moments and powerful emotions." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <br> "A book of burning soulfulness." --Edward Hirsch</b></p><i><b>An engrossing and beautifully crafted memoir of imagination, obsession, and disaster from the couch of old-fashioned four-times-a-week psychoanalysis.</b></i> <p/><i>Slow Fuse of the Possible</i> is a poet's narrative of a troubled psychoanalysis. It is also a commanding meditation on the powers of language, for good and for ill. <p/> From the beginning of their time together, it is clear that the enigmatic analyst and Daniels are not a good match, yet both are determined to continue their work--the former in nearly complete silence, and the latter as best she can with the tools at her disposal: careful attention to language, deep reading, and literary imagination. Throughout, the story is filtered through the mind of Emily Dickinson, whose poetry Daniels uses as a fulcrum for the interpretation of her own experience. The book is saturated with Dickinson's verse, and Dickinson is an increasingly haunting presence as crises emerge and the author unravels. <p/> This compelling lyric memoir, so richly steeped in all facets of language and the literary, allows readers a glimpse into the mind of a renowned poet, revealing the dazzling and anguished connections between poetry and psychoanalysis.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Kate Daniels<br><b>Publisher:</b> West Virginia University Press<br><b>Published:</b> 01/01/2022<br