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Description for Bright Dead Things
Paperback.
'Bright Dead Things buoyed me in this dismal year. I'm thankful for this collection, for its wisdom and generosity, for its insistence on holding tight to beauty even as we face disintegration and destruction.' Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You A book of bravado and introspection, of feminist swagger and harrowing loss, Bright Dead Things considers how we build our identities out of place and human contact - tracing in intimate detail the ways the speaker's sense of self both shifts and perseveres as she moves from New York City to rural Kentucky, ... Read more
'Bright Dead Things buoyed me in this dismal year. I'm thankful for this collection, for its wisdom and generosity, for its insistence on holding tight to beauty even as we face disintegration and destruction.' Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You A book of bravado and introspection, of feminist swagger and harrowing loss, Bright Dead Things considers how we build our identities out of place and human contact - tracing in intimate detail the ways the speaker's sense of self both shifts and perseveres as she moves from New York City to rural Kentucky, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472154569
SKU
V9781472154569
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Ada Limón
Ada Limon is the author of four books of poetry, including Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times and American Poetry Review, among others. She lives in both Kentucky and California. ... Read more
Reviews for Bright Dead Things
Bright Dead Things breeds a particular mixture of wildness. The mixture is by turns melodious and tight. Limon's poems are like fires: charring the page, but leaving a smoke that remains past the close of the book.
The Millions
The best compliment one can give a book of poems is that the book loves the reader. Bright Dead ... Read more
The Millions
The best compliment one can give a book of poems is that the book loves the reader. Bright Dead ... Read more