| Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals Contributor(s): Lockwood, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143126520 ISBN-13: 9780143126522 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2013049362 |
| Series: Penguin Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.30 lbs) 80 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The acclaimed second collection of poetry by Patricia Lockwood, author of the Booker Prize-longlisted novel No One Is Talking About This SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times * The Boston Globe * Powell's * The Strand * Barnes & Noble * BuzzFeed * Flavorwire "A formidably gifted writer who can do pretty much anything she pleases." - The New York Times Book Review Colloquial and incantatory, the poems in Patricia Lockwood's second collection address the most urgent questions of our time, like: Is America going down on Canada? What happens when Niagara Falls gets drunk at a wedding? Is it legal to marry a stuffed owl exhibit? Why isn't anyone named Gary anymore? Did the Hatfield and McCoy babies ever fall in love? The steep tilt of Lockwood's lines sends the reader snowballing downhill, accumulating pieces of the scenery with every turn. The poems' subject is the natural world, but their images would never occur in nature. This book is serious and funny at the same time, like a big grave with a clown lying in it. |