The poems here build on Derridaβs ideas about the psychological implications of memory and the archival impulse and on philosopher Charles Sanders Peirceβs semiotics of 'the index.' Indexical Elegies is a rich, emotionally charged work that showcases Fiorentinoβs talents at their feisty, engaged best. From its Post-Prairie pamphleteering and its comic Montreal musings to its moving elegies, this is provocative poetry that never loses touch with the readerβs pleasure.