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Exclusions

Exclusions

Falck, Noah

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1946482331
ISBN13: 9781946482334
Publisher: Tupelo Press
Published: Aug 1 2020
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What happens when a central part of life as we know it does not exist? Noah Falck's latest collection answers this question in a playfully gloomy way that reveals the strange edges of our reality. Anyone who has experienced that rug-pulling sensation of change, of strangeness, will relate to Noah Falk's Exclusions. Each lyric poem excludes a common subject, including topics such as fiction, modern technology, answers, government, and romance. By setting these subjects against a backdrop of obscurity and strangeness, Falck skillfully keeps readers invested and off-balance. Exclusions brings readers into a world where the wind is nothing more than a brilliant collection of sighs and the sun flattens into a sort of messy bruise over the lake. Even excluding many of the things we take for granted, Falck's lyric poetry includes so much: death, smoke, shadows, sadness, history. This collection will leave readers with a changed perspective on what is necessary, and how to deal with immense change. A 2020 Believer Book Awards Finalist, Exclusions has been praised for its ability to [keep readers] off balance, stumbling forward, and absolutely alive with both the inventive possibilities of lyric poetry and that rare experience of watching the genre redefine itself in a pair of this art's most capable hands. This is a genre-defining book of poetry that allows us to look into the past, present, and future to understand the foundations of sadness beginning with the needs of children.

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