While I did find the premise of Disclosure of interest, I don't really see how it fits into the Poetry genre, unless one is to look at each page as a line as part of one poem? It struck me as a sort of archaeological experiment - unsheathing each single piece of evidence to paint a picture of a person.
I enjoyed some of the juxtapositions of pieces - a job rejection letter from 2004 next to a certificate of award for a golf program in 1976, or an award of $900 next to a tick-ridden lab report. It reminded me that, as a child, our accomplishments seem like such enormous events - but in reality they are nearly always of little or no consequence in the broader scheme of life. It also made me realize how much what we do in life is controlled by others - jobs, vacations, houses, purchases, etc.
Would the text have been better in chronological order? Perhaps it would have been easier to paint of picture of Dana Lomax, but it wouldn't have been as artistic? I like asking questions that I don't answer : )
You make an interesting observation about the juxtapositions in this book. I kind of wondered about whether the order had any kind of purpose. I'm not sure that it would have been better in chronological order since I don't know that she wants us to be able to paint a picture of her. Like you said, I think she is trying to show how much of what we do is controlled by others.
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