Great Exodus, Great Wall, Great Party
Chessy Normile
(Author)
Li-Young Lee
(Introduction by)
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Description
Winner of the 2020 APR/Honickman First Book Prize, Chessy Normile's debut collection, Great Exodus, Great Wall, Great Party, asks what would happen if we actually believed language to be a creative force that constructs our lived experience. Though "hope" is something we assign to the future, these poems disrupt time in order to be hopeful about the past. They could be funny all the time, but often choose not to be in the critical moment, using humor to become more vulnerable rather than less. Chessy Normile's poetry is, according to Li-Young Lee, "smart, curious, original, and authentically weird."
Product Details
Price
$15.00
$13.95
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Publish Date
September 08, 2020
Pages
96
Dimensions
5.9 X 8.8 X 0.2 inches | 0.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780986093821
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About the Author
Li-Young Lee is a poet and translator. Lee's honors include a Lannan Literary Award, Whiting Award, PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award, I. B. Lavan Award, three Pushcart Prizes, a William Carlos Williams award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Academy of American Poets, and many others. He received the 2024 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for Lifetime Achievement. Lee lives in Chicago.
