Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space
Poems
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2024
Summary
The loneliness that collects in mirrors and faces—at bedside vigils and in city streets—quickens Catherine Barnett’s metaphysical poems, which are like speculative prescriptions for this common human experience. Here loneliness is filled with belonging, which is in turn filled with loneliness, each state suffused and emptied by the other. Barnett’s fourth collection is part manifesto, part how-to manual, part apologia: a guide to the homeopathic dangers and healing powers of an emotion so cha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781644452875 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1644452871 |
| Author: | Catherine Barnett |
| Publisher: | Graywolf Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Graywolf Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2024
“The stunning latest from Barnett (Human Hours) blends the witty and the philosophical to offer a study in ‘restricted fragile materials, ’ or the bewildering condition of being alive. Urbane, perceptive, and starkly humane, these are poems of quiet alarm, at once companionable and singular.”–Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Barnett’s fourth collection applies a quirky eye and sparkling intelligence to the topic of loneliness.” –The New York Times Book Review
“There is a devastating down-to-earth marriage of wit and elegy in Barnett’s transcendent fourth collection, which opens in childhood… .”–Rebecca Morgan Frank, Literary Hub
“Through poems of startling clarity and delicate humor, Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space grapples with the ontological absurdity of our large-scale and everyday failures, finding space to elegize and celebrate both what we can and cannot control.” –James Ciano, Los Angeles Review of Books
“These stunning poems sketch out a witty and philosophical approach to life’s probing, existential questions.”–Publishers Weekly (Best Books of 2024)
Catherine Barnett
Catherine Barnett is the author of three previous poetry collections, including Human Hours, winner of the Believer Book Award, and The Game of Boxes, winner of the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. She lives in New York City.
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