Stones : poems / Kevin Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Kevin, 1970- author.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xi, 98 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021]

Summary:

"A book of elegy, loss, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent. "We sleep long, / if not sound," Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, "Till the end/ we sing / into the wind." In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South--one poem, "Kith," exploring that strange bedfellow of "kin"--the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors. "Like heat he seeks them, / my son, thirsting / to learn those / he don't know / are his dead." Whether it's the Louisiana summer's fireflies in a mason jar (doomed by their collection), or his grandmother, Mama Annie, who latches the screen door when someone steps out for just a moment, all that comprises our flickering precarious joy, all that we want to protect, is lifted into the light in this moving book. Stones becomes an ode to Young's home places and his dear departed, and to what of them--of us--poetry can save"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Halter

Dolor

Spruce

Hum

Egrets

Ivy

Clearing

Oblivion

Praise Wine

Sanctuary

High Water

Kith

Praise Dance

Tongues

Fifth Sunday

Boneyard

Sting

Body Shop

Dog Tags

Fog

Vault

Bouquet

Reprieve

Swallows

Chisel

Lilies

Exposure

Rose Room

Blackout

Brown Water

House Rules

Tonsure

Soldiers

Sandy Road

Joy

Cockcrow

Russet

Red River

Skeleton Key

Squall

Speed Trap

Mason Jar

Evensong

Dog Star

Balm

Trumpet.

Other Format:

Online version: Young, Kevin, 1970- Stones

ISBN:

9781524732561

1524732567

OCLC:

1268998337