Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera

In her first collection in five years, Anne Carson contemplates &quot;decreation&quot;-an activity described by Simone Weil as &quot;undoing the creature in us&quot;-an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving <i>through</i> self, to the very inside of its definition? Where else can we start?<br><br>Anne Carson&#39;s <i>Decreation</i> starts with form-the undoing of form. Form is various here: opera libretto, screenplay, poem, oratorio, essay, shot list, rapture. The undoing is tender, but tenderness can change everything, or so the author appears to believe.