Somebody Else Sold the World
Author: Matejka, Adrian
ISBN: 9780143136446
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 14 Sep 2021
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback / softback
B>A resonant new collection on love and persistence from the author of /B>B>I>The Big Smoke/I>/B>B>, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize/B>BR>BR>b>A resonant new collection on love and persistence from the author of i>The Big Smoke/i>, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize/b>br>br>The poems in Adrian Matejka's newest and fifth collection, i>Somebody Else Sold the World/i>, meditate on the ways we exist in an uncontrollable world- in love and its aftermaths, in families that divide themselves, in protest-filled streets, in isolation as routines become obsolete because of lockdown orders and curfews. i>Somebody Else/i> uses past and future touchstones like pop songs, love notes, and imaginary gossip to illuminate those moments of splendor that persist even in exhaustion. These poems show that there are many possibilities of brightness and hope, even in the middle of pandemics and revolutions.
ISBN: 9780143136446
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 14 Sep 2021
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback / softback
B>A resonant new collection on love and persistence from the author of /B>B>I>The Big Smoke/I>/B>B>, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize/B>BR>BR>b>A resonant new collection on love and persistence from the author of i>The Big Smoke/i>, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize/b>br>br>The poems in Adrian Matejka's newest and fifth collection, i>Somebody Else Sold the World/i>, meditate on the ways we exist in an uncontrollable world- in love and its aftermaths, in families that divide themselves, in protest-filled streets, in isolation as routines become obsolete because of lockdown orders and curfews. i>Somebody Else/i> uses past and future touchstones like pop songs, love notes, and imaginary gossip to illuminate those moments of splendor that persist even in exhaustion. These poems show that there are many possibilities of brightness and hope, even in the middle of pandemics and revolutions.
