| How to Be Drawn Contributor(s): Hayes, Terrance (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143126881 ISBN-13: 9780143126881 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - African American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2014045785 |
| Series: Poets, Penguin |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.7" (0.30 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A finalist for the 2015 National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award In How to Be Drawn, his daring fifth collection, Terrance Hayes explores how we see and are seen. While many of these poems bear the clearest imprint yet of Hayes's background as a visual artist, they do not strive to describe art so much as inhabit it. Thus, one poem contemplates the principle of blind contour drawing while others are inspired by maps, graphs, and assorted artists. The formal and emotional versatilities that distinguish Hayes's award-winning poetry are unified by existential focus. Simultaneously complex and transparent, urgent and composed, How to Be Drawn is a mesmerizing achievement. |