Rebecca Lindenberg
A man disappears. The woman who loves him is left scarred and haunted. In her fierce, one-of-a-kind debut, Rebecca Lindenberg tells the storyâ€”in verseâ€”of her passionate relationship with Craig Arnold, a much-respected poet who disappeared in 2009 while hiking a volcano in Japan. Lindenbergâ€™s billowing, I-contain-multitudes style lays bare the poetâ€™s sadnesses, joys, and longings in poems that are lyric and narrative, at once plainspoken and musically elaborate.,Regarding her role in Arnoldâ€™s story, Lindenberg writes with clear-eyed humility and endearing dignity: â€œThe girl with the ink-stained teeth / knows sheâ€™s famous / in a tiny, tragic way. / Sheâ€™s not / daft, after all.â€ And then later, playfully, of her travels in Italy with the poet, her lover: â€œThe carabinieri / wanted to know if there were bears / in our part of America. Yes, we said, / many bears. Man-eating bears? Yes, of course, / many man-eating bears.â€ Every poem in this collection bursts with humor, pathos, verveâ€”and an utterly unique, soulful voice.,This widely anticipated debut, already selected as a finalist for several prominent book awards, marks the first collection in the newly minted McSweeneyâ€™s Poetry Series. MPS is an imprint which seeks to publish a broad range of excellent new poetry collections in exquisitely designed hardcoversâ€”poetry thatâ€™s useful and meaningful to anyone in any walk of life.
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