Description
A fierce and searching collection of poems, this book confronts desire, aging, mortality, ecological catastrophe, and the fragile boundaries between intimacy and isolation. Moving between personal memory, erotic candor, social history, and the threats facing a damaged world, the poems examine what it means to live openly amid shame, violence, difference, and loss. The collection’s stark, dramatic voice champions unconventional love and vulnerability while exposing the silences—personal and political—that allow oppression to persist. Unflinching yet deeply humane, it extends a major poet’s lifelong exploration of consciousness, desire, and the struggle to remain fully alive.
Available Editions
paperback
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published Jan 1, 2021
80 pages
ISBN: 9780374603526
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Details
First Published
2021
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Against Silence by Frank Bidart.