Book Of Hours

Kevin Young

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Language: English

Published by Random House USA Inc, 2014

0307272249 / 9780307272249

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A decade after the sudden and tragic loss of his father, we witness the unfolding of grief. In the night I brush / my teeth with a razor, he tells us, in one of the collection's piercing two-line poems. Capturing the strange silence of bereavement (Not the storm / but the calm / that slays me), Kevin Young acknowledges, even celebrates, life's passages, his loss transformed and tempered in a sequence about the birth of his son: in Crowning, he delivers what is surely one of the most powerful birth poems written by a man, describing her face / full of fire, then groaning your face / out like a flower, blood-bloom, / crocused into air. Ending this book of both birth and grief, the gorgeous title sequence brings acceptance, asking What good/are wishes if they aren't / used up? while understanding How to listen / to what's gone. Young's frank music speaks directly to the reader in these elemental poems, reminding us that the right words can both comfort us and enlarge our understanding of life's mysteries.…

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Title
Book Of Hours
Author
Kevin Young
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Publication year
2014
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0307272249
ISBN 13
9780307272249

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