Playlist for the Apocalypse

Poems

Playlist for the Apocalypse
Rita Dove
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Hardback
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3 Sep 2021 US
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9780393867770
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In her first volume of new poems in twelve years, Rita Dove investigates the vacillating moral compass guiding the world' s experiments in democracy. Whether depicting the first Jewish ghetto in sixteenth-century Venice or Black Lives Matter, this extraordinary poet never fails to connect history' s grand exploits to the triumphs and tragedies of individual lives-the simmering resentment of a lift operator, an octogenarian' s exuberant mambo, the mordant humour of a philosophising cricket. Audaciously playful yet grave, alternating poignant meditations on mortality and acerbic observations of injustice, Playlist for the Apocalypse takes us from the smallest moments of redemption to apocalyptic failures of the human soul.
"These poems witness and celebrate the grandeur and tragedy contained in a single life, a single moment, a single word. " -- Cornelia Channing - New York Magazine "Following a year of inconceivable uncertainty and pulsating change, the title of former U. S. poet laureate Rita Dove' s new volume of poetry, Playlist for the Apocalypse, feels more than apropos. The book, the Pulitzer Prize winner' s first collection of new poetry in 12 years, is as much a celebration as it is a study in the resilience of humanity. Musing on the triumphs and challenges of being mortal, Dove seamlessly travels from past to present, with everlasting hope for our future. " -- 36 New Books You Need to Read This Summer, - TIME Magazine
Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former U S Poet Laureate, is the only poet honored with both the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of Arts. A professor of creative writing at the University of Virginia, she lives in Charlottesville.
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ISBN-13: 9780393867770
Published: 3 Sep 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 128

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