Halflife
Poems
28 October 2008
Territory Rights — Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.
Description
"Magnificent." —New York Times Book Review
The insomniac speakers in Halflife are coming of age in a mythical world full of threat and promise. Seeking their true selves amid the fallen cathedrals of America, they speak wryly of destructive love affairs, aesthetic obsession, and encroaching war, but refuse to abandon hope in the power of imagination.
Reviews
"Fiercely and fearlessly rich, her lines burn like encaustic: 'the burning thing.'" — John Ashbery
"An impressive first collection, Halflife is a box full of surprises and intense delights." — Billy Collins
"Concise, sophisticated poems…immediate magic." — Katie Peterson, Chicago Tribune
Also By: Meghan O'Rourke 
Sun in Days: Poems
Paperback, 2019
Named a Best Poetry Book of 2017 by the New York Times Book Review, Sun in Days is “O’Rourke’s most ravishing and brilliant collection yet” (Cathy Park Hong).
Sun in Days: Poems
E Book, 2017
Named a Best Poetry Book of 2017 by the New York Times Book Review, Sun in Days is “O’Rourke’s most ravishing and brilliant collection yet” (Cathy Park Hong).
Once: Poems
Paperback, 2013
“The poems in Once illuminate and echo themes of loss and grief.”—Vanity Fair