Description
This monumental collection gathers five decades of visionary, fiercely intimate poetry, tracing a restless inquiry into identity, desire, family, memory, and mortality. Alongside work from eight previous volumes, it includes the new sequence “Thirst,” in which the speaker confronts aging, loss, remembered friendships, and the enduring force of longing. The poems explore how homophobia, doubt, parental love, and the struggle for independence shape a life, transforming private conflict into a searching meditation on human nature. Muscular, formally inventive, and emotionally unguarded, the collection showcases a singular poetic voice whose twisting syntax and charged line breaks continually challenge convention.
Available Editions
paperback
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published Jan 1, 2017
718 pages
ISBN: 9780374125950
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Details
First Published
2017
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Half-light by Frank Bidart.