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Lighthead
Paperback, 95 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $18 | purchase
Book Summary
A fourth collection by the author of Wind in a Box investigates through verse how humans construct experience and combines the loftiness of dreams and the reality of everyday life into poetry that is both dark and buoyant. Original.
Awards and Recognition
National Book Award (2010)
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NPR stories about Lighthead
Best Books Of 2010
Word Power: The Year's Best Poetry
December 23, 2010 Poet and critic Meghan O'Rourke selects her favorite poetry collections of the year, celebrating the "acrobatic glee" of lyrical language.
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