# Silk Poems

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- Book: [Silk Poems](https://www.bookquiver.com/jen-bervin/silk-poems) ([Silk Poems.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jen-bervin/silk-poems.md))
- Authors: [Jen Bervin](https://www.bookquiver.com/jen-bervin)
- Publisher: Nightboat Books
- ISBN: 978-19-3765-872-4
- Pages: 116
- Published: 2017-11-16
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In conjunction with Tufts University’s Silk Lab’s cutting-edge research on liquified silk, Jen Bervin wrote a poem composed in a six-character chain that corresponds to the DNA structure of silk; modeled on the way a silkworm applies filament to its cocoon. This poem, written from the perspective of the silkworm, explores the cultural, scientific, and linguistic complexities of silk written inside the body.