Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse

Jeffery Conway, David Trinidad, Lynn Crosbie

Turtle Point, 2003 - Fiction - 649 pages

A groundbreaking deconstruction of the classic 1950 film All About Eve, Phoebe 2002 is a collaborative epic poem/essay that zings in and out of scenes and makes a thousand connections within the world of popular culture. Drawing from high and low sources, the poets relate All About Eve to everything from Paradise Lost and The Odyssey to Rosemary's Baby, Silence of the Lambs and Scooby-Doo. Inspired by nine muses, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, all of whom make appearances throughout, Phoebe 2002 seamlessly pushes the limits of poetry and film criticism.

About the author

David Trinidad teaches at Columbia College, Chicago. He has taught at Rutgers, Princeton and Antioch (L.A.). His previous poetry collection, Plasticville, was published by Turtle Point Press in 2000. That book was shortlisted for the Lenore Marshall Prize of The Academy of American Poets. With Denise Duhamel and Maureen Seaton he edited Saints of Hysteria.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse
• Authors: Jeffery Conway, David Trinidad, Lynn Crosbie
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Turtle Point, 2003
• ISBN: 1885586892, 9781885586896
• Length: 649 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Literary; Poetry / Canadian