| American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin Contributor(s): Hayes, Terrance (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143133187 ISBN-13: 9780143133186 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2017057838 |
| Series: Penguin Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.26 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry One of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2018 A powerful, timely, dazzling collection of sonnets from one of America's most acclaimed poets, Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award-winning author of Lighthead Sonnets that reckon with Donald Trump's America. -The New York Times In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares. Inventive, compassionate, hilarious, melancholy, and bewildered--the wonders of this new collection are irreducible and stunning. |