The Book of Daniel (eBook)

Poems

Aaron Smith (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
117 Seiten
University of Pittsburgh Press (Verlag)
978-0-8229-8697-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A tour de force, Aaron Smith’s fourth collection of poetry, The Book of Daniel, resists the easy satisfactions of Beauty while managing the contemporary entanglements of art, sex, and grief. Part pop-thriller, part queer rage, and part mourning, these poems depict not only the complications of representation in the age of social media but a critique of identity. Taking on subjects as diverse as the literary canon, his mother’s incurable cancer diagnosis, gay bashing, celebrity gossip, bigotry, violence on TV, and Alexander McQueen’s suicide, Smith proves that the confessional lyric is not dead. In tangents as wild as they are reigned, with his characteristic blend of directness, vulnerability and humor, these poems take on the world as it is, a world we love even as it resists all intimacy.

Autor

Aaron Smith is the author of three books of poetry: Primer, Appetite, and Blue on Blue Ground, winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Ploughshares and Best American Poetry. A three-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, he is the recipient of fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Mass Cultural Council. He is associate professor of creative writing at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Pitt Poetry Series
• Verlagsort: PIttsburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: Contemporary poetry • lgbt poetry • LGBT poets • male poets • Massachusetts-based poets • Pitt Poetry Series • queer poets • University of Pittsburgh Press • winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize
• ISBN-10: 0-8229-8697-3 / 0822986973
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-8697-3 / 9780822986973