Wolf Tours - Alyse Knorr

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Résumé :
Humans flock from all over the world for a trip with Wolf Tours, an ecotourism company run by a pack of wolves. Rodney, our narrator, is the worst of the tour guides, speaking essentially no English. Her recovery from a recent heartbreak is going slowly and it doesn't make her tour guide skills any better. Using a variety of experimental and lyrical forms, Wolf Tours explores love, language, climate change, and how individuals find and create meaning in nature--

Biographie:

Alyse Knorr is an associate professor of English at Regis University, co-editor of Switchback Books, and co-producer of the Sweetbitter podcast. She is the author of the poetry collections Ardor (2023), Mega-City Redux (2017), Copper Mother (2016) and Annotated Glass (2013). She also authored the video game history books GoldenEye (2022) and Super Mario Bros. 3 (2016)...

Sommaire:

These surreal searching poems nudge and gnaw us into a prescient view of our world. -Matthea Harvey, author of If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?

With Wolf Tours, Alyse Knorr creates a captivating world in which readers will encounter themes like climate change and grief, queer love, linguistics, and intercultural connection alongside a sentient pack of wolves in Colorado's southwest. This novel-in-verse is steeped in wildness and a true reverence for the natural world and those that inhabit it, including Rodney, our narrator and tour guide.

Readers join this unique eco-tourism company run by a pack of sentient wolves, offering life-changing adventures for humans seeking a deeper connection with nature. Rodney, on a journey of self-discovery herself, and grappling with a recent heartbreak struggles to connect with tour participants despite desperately wanting to. Knorr writes with sensitivity and creativity, weaving a tapestry of lyrical and inventive verse, while Rodney and the tour group navigate the wilderness and a changing landscape together.