American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin, Hayes 9780141989112

Description: Finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry One of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2018 A powerful, timely, dazzling collection of sonnets from one of America's most acclaimed poets, Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award-winning author of Lighthead "Sonnets that reckon with Donald Trump's America." -The New York Times In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares. Inventive, compassionate, hilarious, melancholy, and bewildered--the wonders of this new collection are irreducible and stunning.

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PublishedOn: 2018-07-05

Book Title: American Sonnets For My Past And Future Assassin

Item Length: 6 in

Original Language: English

Vintage: No

Personalize: No

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 9 in

Personalized: No

Topic: Futurism, Poetry, African American Literature

Item Width: 0.5 in

Signed: No

Narrative Type: Fiction

Publisher: Penguin

Intended Audience: Ages 9-12, Young Adults, Adults

Inscribed: Yes

Edition: First Edition

Publication Year: 2018

Type: Short Stories

Literary Movement: Post-Modernism, Realism

Era: 2010s

Illustrator: Terrence Hayes, Lynn Buckley

Author: Terrance Hayes

Genre: Drama, Mind, Body & Spirit

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Item Weight: 5 oz

Number of Pages: 112