An Individual History
Poems
14 November 2014
Territory Rights — Worldwide.
Description
A cycle of pathbreaking poems about the history of a family set against the backdrop of the last century.
An Individual History describes the fears, anger and guilt—personal, familial, societal, political and historical—that comprise a life. The figure of the speaker’s maternal grandmother who was institutionalised for five decades serves as an overriding metaphor for this haunting, bold new work by an essential American poet.
Reviews
"Lovely... moving... funny." — The Washington Post
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