Into the Into of Earth Itself by Hodes, Amanda
Into the Into of Earth Itself by Hodes, Amanda

Into the Into of Earth Itself

Winner of the 2024 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry Selected by judge Diana Khoi Nguyen, Into the...
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Author: Amanda Hodes
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Language: English
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Into the Into of Earth Itself by Hodes, Amanda

Into the Into of Earth Itself

$21.54
Into the Into of Earth Itself by Hodes, Amanda

Into the Into of Earth Itself

$21.54
Author: Amanda Hodes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Winner of the 2024 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry

Selected by judge Diana Khoi Nguyen, Into the Into of Earth Itself is the debut collection by Amanda Hodes. The poems investigate the dual histories of two Pennsylvania towns: Palmerton and the nearby ghost town of Centralia, which was condemned due to an underground mine fire that will burn for centuries.

Through text mining, these poems excavate legislation, archival material, web comments, and even the Silent Hill screenplay, revealing the inextricable nature of environmental toxicity and toxic masculinity, the violation of the environment and violations of women. Human pollution is a "bug" in the code, prompting forms of material glitch--earthquakes, sinkholes, illness, and shame. Couched in code-like syntax, the collection cycles through an ecology of voices, from bacteria to pigeons to weeds, all the while exploring sexual assault and chronic illness, questioning what it truly means to be "natural" or "clean."

Author: Amanda Hodes
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.50w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781625572202


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2026 pg. 83

About the Author
Amanda Hodes is a writer and new media artist. Her book Into the Into of Earth Itself won the 2024 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry. Her poems have appeared in FENCE, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, Black Warrior Review, Pleiades, Academy of American Poets (online), and elsewhere. She currently teaches creative writing at Oberlin College & Conservatory. Her new media work and audio installations have been exhibited in venues such as the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Hirshhorn Sound Scene Festival, and Ammerman Center for Arts & Technology.
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