

Then the War is luminous testimony to the power of self-reckoning and to Carl Phillips as an ever-changing, necessary voice in contemporary poetry. Ultimately, Phillips refuses pessimism, arguing for tenderness and human connection as profound forces for revolution and conjuring a spell against indifference and the easy escapes of nostalgia.

I’m a light rain falling through a vast darkness toward a different darkness. Then the War includes a generous selection of Phillips's work from the previous thirteen years, as well as his recent lyric prose memoir, "Among the Trees," and his chapbook, Star Map with Action Figures. Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 by Carl Phillips Paperback Price: 20.00 + Add to cart Overview A new collection of poems from one of America’s most essential, celebrated, and enduring poets, Carl Phillips’s Then the War I’m a song, changing. The new poems, written in a time of rising racial conflict in the United States, with its attendant violence and uncertainty, find Phillips entering deeper into the landscape he has made his own: a forest of intimacy, queerness, and moral inquiry, where the farther we go, the more difficult it is to remember why or where we started.

Goodreads members who liked Then the War: And. Carl Phillips has aptly described his work as an "ongoing quest" Then the War is the next step in that meaningful process of self-discovery for both the poet and his reader. Find books like Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 from the world’s largest community of readers. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. I'm a light rain falling through a vast darkness toward a different darkness. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 at. Louis.Publisher Marketing: A new collection of poems from one of America's most essential, celebrated, and enduring poets, Carl Phillips's Then the War I'm a song, changing. Phillips teaches at Washington University in St. A new collection of poems from one of America’s most essential, celebrated, and enduring poets, Carl Phillipss Then the WarI’m a song, changing. 27 or share on Facebook and Twitter.Ĭarl Phillip s’s next book of poems, Then the War, with Selected Poems 2007–2020, will be out in February 2022. In Sweeter Times Have Seen You - Carl Phillips
