Ordinary Beast
eBook - ePub

Ordinary Beast

  1. 80 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ordinary Beast

About this book

ONE OF PUBLISHERS WEEKLY'S TOP 10 POETRY BOOKS OF FALL 2017

NPR'S MOST ANTICIPATED POETRY BOOKS OF 2017

A striking, full-length debut collection from Virgin Islands-born poet Nicole Sealey

The existential magnitude, deep intellect, and playful subversion of St. Thomas-born, Florida-raised poet Nicole Sealey’s work is restless in its empathic, succinct examination and lucid awareness of what it means to be human.

The ranging scope of inquiry undertaken in Ordinary Beast—at times philosophical, emotional, and experiential—is evident in each thrilling twist of image by the poet. In brilliant, often ironic lines that move from meditation to matter of fact in a single beat, Sealey’s voice is always awake to the natural world, to the pain and punishment of existence, to the origins and demises of humanity. Exploring notions of race, sexuality, gender, myth, history, and embodiment with profound understanding, Sealey’s is a poetry that refuses to turn a blind eye or deny. It is a poetry of daunting knowledge. 

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Information

Publisher
Ecco
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780062688811
eBook ISBN
9780062688828
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. cover
  2. title page
  3. publisher’s note
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Medical History
  7. A Violence
  8. Candelabra with Heads
  9. Hysterical Strength
  10. Legendary
  11. It’s Not Fitness, It’s a Lifestyle
  12. Happy Birthday to Me
  13. The First Person Who Will Live to be One Hundred and Fifty Years Old has Already Been Born
  14. In Igboland
  15. ♦
  16. Legendary
  17. Heretofore Unuttered
  18. And
  19. Cento for the Night I Said, “I Love You”
  20. Virginia is for Lovers
  21. Clue
  22. C ue
  23. Unfurnished
  24. ♦
  25. Imagine Sisyphus Happy
  26. Underperforming Sonnet Overperforming
  27. Legendary
  28. An Apology for Trashing Magazines in Which You Appear
  29. Even the Gods
  30. In Defense of “Candelabra with Heads”
  31. Instead of Executions, Think Death Erections
  32. Unframed
  33. Object Permanence
  34. Notes
  35. Acknowledgments
  36. About the Author
  37. Copyright
  38. About the Publisher