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Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007-2020

  • ISBN-13: 9781800172296
  • Publisher: CARCANET PRESS
    Imprint: CARCANET PRESS
  • By Carl Phillips
  • Price: AUD $37.99
  • Stock: 35 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 10/06/2022
  • Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 135.00mm) 160 pages Weight: 280g
  • Categories: Poetry by individual poets [DCF]
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The first UK publication from this acclaimed US poet, one of the outstanding lyric poets of our time.
Carl Phillips is the author of 15 books of poetry, including the 2020 collection Pale Colors in a Tall Field, from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He is a professor of English at Washington University and served as the judge for the Yale Series of Younger Poets from 2010 to 2020. His many honours include the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, a Lambda Literary Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Academy of American Poets Prize.
* First UK publication from an acclaimed US poet, one of the outstanding lyric poets of our time * Includes a selection from earlier books this prolific poet has published over the past two decades, a selection from recent work in pamphlets, and a complete new book: And Then the War * New poems, written in a time of rising racial conflict in the United States, take another step of self-discovery for the poet * He is Professor of English and of African and African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also teaches in the Creative Writing Program
'The writing dazzles with transcendent metaphors, complex connections and linguistic flourishes' - Washington Post
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