Summary
Low explores the jaggedness of memory and what is salvageable when the past is broken by loss, violence, and trauma. Punctuating Nick Flynn’s signature lyric poems are prose pieces and sequences, veering toward essays, including “Notes on a Calendar Found in a Stranger’s Apartment,” a truly strange experience of cataloging a deceased neighbor’s belongings and how quickly they become worthless; “Notes on Thorns & Blood,” a study of time and wounds; and “Notes on a Year of Corona,” a loose …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781644452592 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1644452596 |
| Author: | Nick Flynn |
| Publisher: | Graywolf Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Graywolf Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 174g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“Flynn (also a memoirist) also returns to themes of trauma, forgiveness and resilience, missing essayistic prose among his usual lyrics.”–The New York Times Book Review
“This collection is a search for hope during a lifetime of longing. Flynn’s realities take the mundane and turn everyday objects into tokens of unexpected relief; ‘this is what we deal with–this is what could make me happy.’”–Garrett Ashley, Bridge Eight
“I’m always interested in reading a new collection from Nick Flynn; this one ‘explores the jaggedness of memory and what is salvageable when the past is broken by loss, violence, and trauma’ and features not only poems but essayish prose pieces. Can’t wait to dive in.”–Literary Hub
“Flynn’s bracing sixth collection (following I Will Destroy You) contains lyric poems and cinematic, fragmentary sequences that record the generative spaces of art, memory, and place.”–Publishers Weekly
Nick Flynn
Nick Flynn is the author of five previous poetry books, including I Will Destroy You and Some Ether, winner of the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, and four memoirs, including Another Bullshit Night in Suck City. He lives in Brooklyn.
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