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Author:
Toni Jensen
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Date:
September 8, 2020
In Carry, author Toni Jensen maps her personal experience onto the historical, exploring how history is lived in the body and redefining the language we use to speak about violence in America.
What The Reviewers Say
With a controlled voice like a Philip Glass composition, smooth, meandering yet repetitive, Jensen considers her troubled past and begins the work of stitching herself back together.
The scope and structure of Carry is remarkable. Episodic and recursive, it addresses a dizzying range of topics in its examination of both the 'everyday violence' and the 'extraordinary violence' that Americans so frequently see in the headlines.
The string of onrushing questions is typical of Jensen’s rhetorical stance, which is urgent and occasionally scattershot. When she lands on a target, she does so effectively.
