Birds at Night: Poems (Sowell Emerging Writers Prize) - Softcover

Ibe Liebenberg

 
9781682832516: Birds at Night: Poems (Sowell Emerging Writers Prize)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1682832511 ISBN 13: 9781682832516
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Ibe Liebenberg's first book-length collection of poetry, Birds at Night, explores themes of loss, trauma, PTSD, indigeneity, and familial relationships.

These brief, intense poems amplify the sensations and silences of interior moments of crisis and catharsis. A haunting meditation on what keeps us up at night, Liebenberg invites the reader to contend with their own responses to exigent circumstances.

Drawing on the resiliency of the natural world in the face of changing climate, birds, wolves, and fire populate the stanzas. Migration and adaptation are the poetic subjects, but they are also the embodied language of each taut line.

"In whatever tongue they sing," Birds at Night captures the need for empathy and understanding for the natural world.

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About the Author

Ibe Liebenberg is an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. He lives in Chico, California and works as a firefighter for the state and lecturer at Chico State University. He has an MFA from IAIA in poetry and fiction. He has been published in POETRY Magazine, The ThreePenny Review, and many more.

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Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1682832511
ISBN 13 
9781682832516
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
96