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A man disappears. The woman who loves him is left scarred and haunted. In her fierce, one-of-a-kind debut, Rebecca Lindenberg tells the storyin verseof her passionate relationship with Craig Arnold, a much-respected poet who disappeared in 2009 while hiking a volcano in Japan. Lindenbergs billowing, I-contain-multitudes style lays bare the poets sadnesses, joys, and longings in poems that are lyric and narrative, at once plainspoken and musically elaborate.
Regarding her role in Arnolds story, Lindenberg writes with clear-eyed humility and endearing dignity: The girl with the ink-stained teeth / knows shes famous / in a tiny, tragic way. / Shes not / daft, after all. And then later, playfully, of her travels in Italy with the poet, her lover: The carabinieri / wanted to know if there were bears / in our part of America. Yes, we said, / many bears. Man-eating bears? Yes, of course, / many man-eating bears. Every poem in this collection bursts with humor, pathos, verveand an utterly unique, soulful voice.
This widely anticipated debut, already selected as a finalist for several prominent book awards, marks the first collection in the newly minted McSweeneys Poetry Series. MPS is an imprint which seeks to publish a broad range of excellent new poetry collections in exquisitely designed hardcoverspoetry thats useful and meaningful to anyone in any walk of life.
Regarding her role in Arnolds story, Lindenberg writes with clear-eyed humility and endearing dignity: The girl with the ink-stained teeth / knows shes famous / in a tiny, tragic way. / Shes not / daft, after all. And then later, playfully, of her travels in Italy with the poet, her lover: The carabinieri / wanted to know if there were bears / in our part of America. Yes, we said, / many bears. Man-eating bears? Yes, of course, / many man-eating bears. Every poem in this collection bursts with humor, pathos, verveand an utterly unique, soulful voice.
This widely anticipated debut, already selected as a finalist for several prominent book awards, marks the first collection in the newly minted McSweeneys Poetry Series. MPS is an imprint which seeks to publish a broad range of excellent new poetry collections in exquisitely designed hardcoverspoetry thats useful and meaningful to anyone in any walk of life.
