Night Animals Contributor(s): Komunyakaa, Yusef (Author), Bliss, Rachel (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1946448583 ISBN-13: 9781946448583 Publisher: Sarabande Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Art | Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals - Art | Mixed Media |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 2019032534 |
Series: Quarternote Chapbook |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.20 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The poems in Night Animals, by Yusef Komunyakaa, climb so deeply into the being of various beasts, from cricket to leopard to snowy owl, that we read them with an uncanny shiver of recognition. Without ever fully abandoning his human skin, Komunyakaa inhabits both the outer and inner lives of these creatures. The images are a brilliant match for the poems, each of Rachel Bliss's surreal animals populate a realm somewhere between our two species--birds with teeth, men with antlers, a duck wearing suspenders. Both image and word are dense and dark, intensely focused around a kind of hunger. The poet has been startling us with his rich, disturbing, and important poems for many years. Night Animals extends Yusef Komunyakaa's remarkable oeuvre. |