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eros
food
formal verse
Greece
Greek-American poetry
irreverent
midwestern settings
migrants
political unrest
refugees
rural life
sacred
spirituality
uplift
violence
Product details
- ISBN 9780807184752
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Dec 2025
- Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Driving the Beast is a book about movement. Christopher Bakken's poems shift between Greece and the American Midwest, tracking the restless nature of selfhood, while seeking glimpses of the sacred in landscapes scarred by history and political turmoil. The book's back-and-forth mirroring invites readers to confront their own reflections in moments of catastrophe and wonder, and to view them alongside those of immigrants and refugees.
Christopher Bakken is the author of three previous books of poetry and the culinary memoir Honey, Olives, Octopus: Adventures at the Greek Table. Twice a Fulbright Scholar, he teaches at Allegheny College and serves as director of Writing Workshops in Greece: Thessaloniki and Thasos.
