Description
"Kevin Young has thoughtfully gathered many of these sorrowful perambulations and grievous plummets." -Billy Collins
The Art of Losing is the first anthology of its kind, delivering poetry with a purpose. Editor Kevin Young has introduced and selected 150 devastatingly beautiful poems that embrace the pain and heartbreak of mourning. Divided into five sections (Reckoning, Remembrance, Rituals, Recovery, and Redemption), with poems by some of our most beloved poets as well as the best of the current generation of poets, The Art of Losing is the ideal gift for a loved one in a time of need and for use by therapists, ministers, rabbis, and palliative care workers who tend to those who are experiencing loss.
Author: Kevin Young
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 11/05/2013
Pages: 311
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781608194667
ISBN10: 1608194663
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
- Poetry | Anthologies (multiple authors)
About the Author
Kevin Young is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, newly named a National Historic Landmark, and Poetry Editor of the New Yorker. He is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose, most recently Brown; Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995-2015, longlisted for the National Book Award; and Book of Hours, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize for Poetry from the Academy of American Poets. Named University Distinguished Professor at Emory University, Young was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.