Radioactive Starlings: Poems
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Radioactive Starlings: Poems
By (Author) Myronn Hardy
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
4th December 2017
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
811.6
Physical Properties
Hardback
96
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
312g
Description
From an award-winning poet, a collection that explores the complexities of transformation, cultures, and politics In Radioactive Starlings, award-winning poet Myronn Hardy explores the divergences between the natural world and technology, asking what progress means when it destroys the places that sustain us. Primarily set in North Africa and the
Reviews
"[Radioactive Starlings] is an illuminating, if occasionally difficult, collection."---Publishers Weekly
"What Myronn Hardy attempts in Radioactive Starlings, few dare to dream of doing, and rightly so, for rare is the poet that is capable of the breadth, depth, and density that characterize his exploration. I know this, because, reading it, I am overrun."---Ciahnan Darrell, Marginalia
Author Bio
Myronn Hardy is the author of four previous books of poems: Approaching the Center, winner of the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Prize; The Headless Saints, winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award; Catastrophic Bliss, winner of the Griot-Stadler Award for Poetry; and, most recently, Kingdom. He divides his time between Morocco and New York City.
