Bright Dead Things
$20.69
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
12 February 2019
Summary
’ BRIGHT DEAD THINGS buoyed me in this dismal year. I’m thankful for this collection, for its wisdom and generosity, for its insistence on holding tight to beauty even as we face disintegration and destruction.’
A book of bravado and introspection, of feminist swagger and harrowing loss, Bright Dead Things considers how we build our identities out of place and human contact - tracing in intimate detail the ways the speaker’s sense of self both shifts and perseveres a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472154569 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472154568 |
| Author: | Ada Limón |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Corsair |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 12 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 127g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 126mm x 16mm |
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I am thankful for this collection, for its wisdom and generosity, for its insistence on holding tight to beauty even as we face disintegration and destruction
In Ada Limon’s Bright Dead Things, there’s a fierce jazz and sass (“this life is a fist / of fast wishes caught by nothing, / but the fishhook of tomorrow’s tug”) and there’s sadness - a grappling with death and loss that forces the imagination to a deep response. The radio in her new, rural home warns “stay safe and seek shelter” and yet the heart seeks love, risk, and strangeness - and finds it everywhere.A masterpiece. - ShondalandEffortlessly lyrical. - New York TimesThe best compliment one can give a book of poems is that the book loves the reader. Bright Dead Things doesn’t just love poetry; it loves the reader. My hunch is, Reader, you’ll love it too. - Huffington PostBright Dead Things breeds a particular mixture of wildness. The mixture is by turns melodious and tight. Limon’s poems are like fires: charring the page, but leaving a smoke that remains past the close of the book. - The MillionsBelongs to […] a new poetry that is readable, heartfelt and full of vivid imagery - the TimesAbout The Author
Ada Limón
Ada Limón is the author of four books of poetry, including Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times and American Poetry Review, among others. She lives in both Kentucky and California.
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