9781784746629 - I Do Know Some Things von Siken, Richard (18 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. A collection of pitch-perfect prose poems written in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic stroke. From the author of cult poetry bestseller, Crush'A spectacular comeback' Jeremy Noel Tod, Prospect'Siken's signature intensity still throbs between sentences' The Yale ReviewA collection of pitch-perfect prose poems written in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic stroke. From the author of cult poetry bestseller, Crush.Richard Siken's Crush was an underground international sensation. Twenty years on, he returns with the momentous I Do Know Some Things, cinematic in its tragic vision and emotive force.In the aftermath of a stroke, the poet's language and much of his memory is, for a time, wiped out. As his mind gropes its way back from oblivion, the scenery flickers between memories of a ruptured childhood and queer coming-of-age, and the precipice of the present. Each poem is a room in a 'house owned by ghosts'.In these seventy-seven prose poems, Siken has forged a new voice at once terrifying and vital. Brave in content and in method, I Do Know Some Things demands his recognition as an essential poet of our times.'Thrums with reinvention- of the self, of the prose poem, of the false divide between the everyday and the surreal' Andrew McMillanPraise for Crush-'Cumulative, driving, apocalyptic power' Louise Gl ck'The immense wingspan of influence that Crush has on 21st-century American poetry cannot be overstated' Ocean Vuong Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. A collection of pitch-perfect prose poems written in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic stroke. From the author of cult poetry bestseller, Crush'A spectacular comeback' Jeremy Noel Tod, Prospect'Siken's signature intensity still throbs between sentences' The Yale ReviewA collection of pitch-perfect prose poems written in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic stroke. From the author of cult poetry bestseller, Crush.Richard Siken's Crush was an underground international sensation. Twenty years on, he returns with the momentous I Do Know Some Things, cinematic in its tragic vision and emotive force.In the aftermath of a stroke, the poet's language and much of his memory is, for a time, wiped out. As his mind gropes its way back from oblivion, the scenery flickers between memories of a ruptured childhood and queer coming-of-age, and the precipice of the present. Each poem is a room in a 'house owned by ghosts'.In these seventy-seven prose poems, Siken has forged a new voice at once terrifying and vital. Brave in content and in method, I Do Know Some Things demands his recognition as an essential poet of our times.'Thrums with reinvention- of the self, of the prose poem, of the false divide between the everyday and the surreal' Andrew McMillanPraise for Crush-'Cumulative, driving, apocalyptic power' Louise Gl ck'The immense wingspan of influence that Crush has on 21st-century American poetry cannot be overstated' Ocean Vuong Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. A collection of pitch-perfect prose poems written in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic stroke. From the author of cult poetry bestseller, Crush'A spectacular comeback' Jeremy Noel Tod, Prospect'Siken's signature intensity still throbs between sentences' The Yale ReviewA collection of pitch-perfect prose poems written in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic stroke. From the author of cult poetry bestseller, Crush.Richard Siken's Crush was an underground international sensation. Twenty years on, he returns with the momentous I Do Know Some Things, cinematic in its tragic vision and emotive force.In the aftermath of a stroke, the poet's language and much of his memory is, for a time, wiped out. As his mind gropes its way back from oblivion, the scenery flickers between memories of a ruptured childhood and queer coming-of-age, and the precipice of the present. Each poem is a room in a 'house owned by ghosts'.In these seventy-seven prose poems, Siken has forged a new voice at once terrifying and vital. Brave in content and in method, I Do Know Some Things demands his recognition as an essential poet of our times.'Thrums with reinvention- of the self, of the prose poem, of the false divide between the everyday and the surreal' Andrew McMillanPraise for Crush-'Cumulative, driving, apocalyptic power' Louise Gl ck'The immense wingspan of influence that Crush has on 21st-century American poetry cannot be overstated' Ocean Vuong Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Zustand: New. 'A spectacular comeback' Jeremy Noel Tod, Prospect'Siken's signature intensity still throbs between sentences' The Yale ReviewA collection of pitch-perfect prose poems written in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic stroke. From the author of cult poetry bestseller, Crush.Richard Siken's Crush was an underground international sensation. Twenty years on, he returns with the momentous I Do Know Some Things, cinematic in its tragic vision and emotive force.In the aftermath of a stroke, the poet's language and much of his memory is, for a time, wiped out. As his mind gropes its way back from oblivion, the scenery flickers between memories of a ruptured childhood and queer coming-of-age, and the precipice of the present. Each poem is a room in a 'house owned by ghosts'.In these seventy-seven prose poems, Siken has forged a new voice at once terrifying and vital. Brave in content and in method, I Do Know Some Things demands his recognition as an essential poet of our times.'Thrums with reinvention: of the self, of the prose poem, of the false divide between the everyday and the surreal' Andrew McMillanPraise for Crush:'Cumulative, driving, apocalyptic power' Louise Glück'The immense wingspan of influence that Crush has on 21st-century American poetry cannot be overstated' Ocean Vuong.