Wheeling Motel
Poems
$28.75
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2011
Summary
Now in paperback, a haunting work of reconciliation with the demons of the past and a frank eye on the present by Pulitzer Prize winner Franz Wright.
In his tenth collection of poetry, Franz Wright gives us an exquisite book of reconciliation with the past and acceptance of what may come in the future. From his earliest years, he writes in “Will,” he had “the gift of impermanence / so I would be ready, / accompanied / by a rage to prove them wrong / … and that I too was worthy of love…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375711473 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375711473 |
| Author: | Franz Wright |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 160g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 149mm x 8mm |
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Critics Review
“These new poems refract the light of the poet’s insightful, humorous, and often humble gaze in ways that are surprising and rewarding.” —America
“Uningratiating, bumptiously witty … and routinely surprising.” —The New York Times Book Review
About The Author
Franz Wright
Franz Wright’s recent works include Earlier Poems, God’s Silence, and The Beforelife (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). In 2004 his Walking to Martha’s Vineyard received the Pulitzer Prize. He has been the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Fellowship, and the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, among other honors. He currently lives in Waltham, Massachusetts, with his wife, the translator and writer Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright.
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