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The Clearing: Poems

The Clearing: Poems

Adair, Allison

Hardcover

Series: Max Ritvo Poetry Prize

General Poetry

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ISBN10: 1571315144
ISBN13: 9781571315144
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: Jun 9 2020
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.70 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

Finalist for the 2021 Housatonic Book Award in Poetry

Winner of the 2019 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, The Clearing is a lush, lyrical book about a world where women are meant to carry things to safety and men leave decisively (Henri Cole).

Luminous and electric from the first line to the last, Allison Adair's debut collection navigates the ever-shifting poles of violence and vulnerability with a singular incisiveness and a rich imagination. The women in these poems live in places that have been excavated for gold and precious ores, and they understand the nature of being hollowed out. From the midst of the Civil War to our current era, Adair charts fairy tales that are painfully familiar, never forgetting that violence is often accompanied by tenderness. Here we wonder, What if this time instead of crumbs the girl drops / teeth, her own, what else does she have?

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