Nocturama : poems /
Spanning Appalachia to California, Will Brewer's new poems attempt to make sense of some of life's darkest turns, a father's bout with leukemia, the slog of mental illness, a friend's early death and the rise of environmental catastrophes in the West. Yet despite these difficult...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
Milkweed Editions,
[2026].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Spanning Appalachia to California, Will Brewer's new poems attempt to make sense of some of life's darkest turns, a father's bout with leukemia, the slog of mental illness, a friend's early death and the rise of environmental catastrophes in the West. Yet despite these difficult moments, strands of light emerge, the smell of an orange on a plane, the starburst of a car hitting a power line, a citrus tree in California sun. Mysterious hair loss prompts dermatologist visits and reveals "how dignified it felt / to be looked at like that, to be read, / a record of past exposures / becoming a map to possible futures." It is the type of knowing in which "knowing nothing for sure feels like a special kind of freedom." Over time, a seemingly endless night gives way and an aubade opens to a new possibility, love. The second book of poems from this rising and lauded author, Nocturama offers a presence of mind and spirit that notices the mysterious, even in the wake of disaster. |
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| Physical Description: | 69 pages : portrait ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781571315793 1571315799 |