| Silverchest Contributor(s): Phillips, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374534330 ISBN-13: 9780374534332 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Poetry | Lgbt |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.57" W x 8.21" (0.20 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A bracingly beautiful new collection from the author of Double Shadow After the afterlife, there's an afterlife. In Silverchest, his twelfth book, Carl Phillips considers how our fears and excesses, the damage we cause both to others and to ourselves, intentional and not, can lead not only to a kind of wisdom but also to renewal, maybe even joy, if we're willing to commit fully to a life in which I love you / means what exactly? In poems shot through with his signature mix of eros, restless energy, and moral scrutiny, Phillips argues for the particular courage it takes to look at the self squarely--not with judgment but with understanding--and extend that self more honestly toward others: It's a risk, there's a lot to lose, but if it's true that we'll drown anyway--why not in color? |
Contributor Bio(s): Phillips, Carl: - Carl Phillips is the author of several books of poetry, including Silverchest, a finalist for the International Griffin Prize, and Double Shadow, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is also the author of The Art of Daring: Risk, Restlessness, Imagination. Phillips teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. |