44 poems on being with each other : a Poetry unbound collection / Pádraig Ó Tuama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ó Tuama, Padraig, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations in literature.

Poetry--Explication.

Poetry.

Poetry--History and criticism.

Genre:

poetry.

Literary criticism.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

353 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Other Title:

Forty-four poems on being with each other

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2025.

Language Note:

In English; Some poems translated from other languages.

Summary:

"This celebratory anthology explores human connection through forty-four poems curated by Pádraig Ó Tuama, the host of On Being's 'Poetry unbound' podcast. '44 poems on being with each other' is a new volume that offers immersive reflections on the human connection. With an observant eye, Pádraig Ó Tuama shares an enlightening meditation on each poem, revealing the ways we relate to each other, the world around us, and ourselves"-- Dust jacket flap.

Contents:

Introduction / Pádraig Ó Tuama

A word on statistics / Wisława Szymborska ; translated by Joanna Trzeciak Huss

I invite my parents to a dinner party / Chen Chen

[excerpt] from Conflict resolution for holy beings / Joy Harjo

Eurydice, turning / Rita Dove

Ode to my homegirls / Safia Elhillo

What he should have had / Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

Someday I will visit Hawk Mountain / M. Soledad Caballero

Dear new blood / Mark Turcotte

The uses of sorrow / Mary Oliver

small talk or in my hand galaxies / Benjamín Naka-Hasebe Kingsley

Species / Tishani Doshi

The rungs / Benjamin Gucciardi

The boss of me / Patricia Smith

[Non omnis moriar] / Zuzanna Ginczanka ; translated by Alissa Valles

How the dung beetle finds its way home / Eugenia Leigh

On my return from a business trip / John Lee Clark

Ibrahim Abu Lughod and brother in Yaffa / Mosab Abu Toha

Waiting for the barbarians / C.P. Cavafy ; translated by Evan Jones

Flower wars / Nico Amador

[untitled] / Michael Wasson

[won't you celebrate with me] / Lucille Clifton

How it will end / Denise Duhamel

One tree / Philip metres

Artist / VIdyan Ravinthiran

The drop off / Molly Twomey

Little children / Caroline Bird

Those winter Sundays / Robert Hayden

My worries have worries / Laura Villareal

Your grandmother's house / Colette Bryce

The orange / Wendy Cope

My feelings / Nick Flynn

My therapist wants to know about my relationship to work / Tiana Clark

Refrigerator, 1957 / Thomas Lux

Thank you : for not letting me die / Richard Blanco

Facts about the moon / Dorianne Laux

Exodus / Victoria Redel

Poem / Langston Hughes

trauma is not sacred / Kai Cheng Thom

Ordinary sugar / Amanda Gunn

The coup / Valencia Robin

Three mangoes, £1 / Kandace Siobhan Walker

The change room / Andy Jackson

Fear and love / Jim Moore

Hebrews 13 / Jericho Brown.

Notes:

First published in Great Britain and Canada in 2025 by Canongate Books, Ltd.

ISBN:

9781324086161

1324086165

OCLC:

1464854467

Publisher Number:

90101956459