Drafts

Rachel Blau DuPlessis' 'Drafts' is a monumental and provisional poetic series that delves into themes of direness, ethical crises, awe, astonishment, skepticism, and pleasure.

It is a midrashic response to modernist long poems and modernity, characterized by its use of polysemy, negativity, and critique.

The work is dedicated to poetic and political communities, offering dedications as pledges to transformation out of social rage and grief-inflected hope.