Then the War
And Selected Poems 2007-2020
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Carcanet Press Ltd
Published:24th Feb '22
Should be back in stock very soon
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2023
Then the War and Selected Poems, 2007–2020 is two books in one: a representative selection from seven of Carl Phillips's innovative earlier collections and a complete new book of poems, providing a powerful introduction to European readers. A seemingly gentle but resolute attention to the things of this world evokes the joyful and painful elements in the contemporary human condition, characterised by loneliness and an unquenchable thirst for love. He is a poet who knows the rules and bends or breaks them, a master of syntax and prosody, avoiding convention and pursuing the lines of desire.
In a starred review of this book, Publishers Weekly said, 'These lyrically rich, insightful poems are full of palpable aching [...] and a human urge to understand. This remarkable compendium is a testament to the spirit of Phillips's work.'
'Then the War, is a forest-like network of linguistic relationships... ideas are turned over at different angles and that way gather complexity and momentum. Phillips operates in an altogether superior league.' Carol Rumens, The Poetry Review
'The 208 pages form a wonderfully compendious introduction to this major US poet. For those who have admired his work in the three decades since his debut, they are glowing confirmation that, as he enters his 60s, Phillips is writing better than ever ... a single project of the utmost immediacy.' Fiona Sampson, The Guardian
'Phillip's is a poet of enchantment and persuasion... [his] poems are contemplative, rich, and troubled...a rich exploration of reality and imagination, of making art out of memories and making memories out of art.' Richie Hoffman, LA Review of Books
'...a poet whose art is among the best representations we have of the modern mind in all its wonder and melancholy uncertainty.' Jesse Nathan, McSweeneys
'A welcome collection of earlier and new work by an unusually far-reaching poetic explorer.' Carol Rumens, The Guardian where 'For Nothing Tender About It' was Poem of the Week
- Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2023
ISBN: 9781800172296
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224 pages