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- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- First published
- 2022
- Length
- ≈ 224 pages
- Reading time
- 6–8 hours
- ISBN
- 0374603774
Reading time assumes 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate. Edition source
What is this book about?
This collection opens with new poems by Carl Phillips and includes parts of his lyric memoir, Among the Trees, along with selections from seven of his earlier books. Apart from the memoir, the poems are a mix of free verse and prose poems. The collection circles themes of sexuality and nature.
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