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Lighthead

Poems (National Book Award Winner)

Poems (National Book Award Winner)

By Terrance Hayes

By Terrance Hayes

By Terrance Hayes

By Terrance Hayes

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Part of Penguin Poets

Part of Penguin Poets

Paperback $19.00

Mar 30, 2010 | ISBN 9780143116967

Ebook $11.99

Mar 30, 2010 | ISBN 9781101222881

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    About Lighthead

    Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry

    Watch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018

    In his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experience. With one foot firmly grounded in the everyday and the other hovering in the air, his poems braid dream and reality into a poetry that is both dark and buoyant. Cultural icons as diverse as Fela Kuti, Harriet Tubman, and Wallace Stevens appear with meditations on desire and history. We see Hayes testing the line between story and song in a series of stunning poems inspired by the Pecha Kucha, a Japanese presenta­tion format. This innovative collection presents the light- headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time. Fueled by an imagination that enlightens, delights, and ignites, Lighthead leaves us illuminated and scorched.

    About Lighthead

    Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry

    Watch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018

    In his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experience. With one foot firmly grounded in the everyday and the other hovering in the air, his poems braid dream and reality into a poetry that is both dark and buoyant. Cultural icons as diverse as Fela Kuti, Harriet Tubman, and Wallace Stevens appear with meditations on desire and history. We see Hayes testing the line between story and song in a series of stunning poems inspired by the Pecha Kucha, a Japanese presenta­tion format. This innovative collection presents the light- headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time. Fueled by an imagination that enlightens, delights, and ignites, Lighthead leaves us illuminated and scorched.

    Also by Terrance Hayes

    So to Speak
    Watch Your Language
    American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
    How to Be Drawn
    Wind in a Box
    See all books by Terrance Hayes

    Also by Terrance Hayes

    So to Speak
    Watch Your Language
    American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
    How to Be Drawn
    Wind in a Box
    See all books by Terrance Hayes

    About Terrance Hayes

    Terrance Hayes is the author of American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, winner of the 2019 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and Lighthead, winner of the 2010 National Book Award. His other poetry collections are So to Speak, How to… More about Terrance Hayes

    About Terrance Hayes

    Terrance Hayes is the author of American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, winner of the 2019 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and Lighthead, winner of the 2010 National Book Award. His other poetry collections are So to Speak, How to… More about Terrance Hayes

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry | Essays & Literary Collections | Fiction

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 30, 2010 | 112 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143116967

    Category: Poetry | Essays & Literary Collections | Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 30, 2010 | 112 Pages | ISBN 9781101222881

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    Praise

    “Hayes’s work is terrific . . . it’s grounded in narrative even as it’s linguistically dense and playful, with allusions to formal verse traditions and to pop culture new and old.” – The New York Times
     
    “Lighthead displays a riffing, wildly relentless insistence and astonishing brio . . . Hayes breaks down categories and builds up forms with acrobatic glee.”  – Megan O’Rourke, The Year’s Best Poetry, npr.org.

    Awards

    National Book Award WINNER

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