Second Childhood by Howe, Fanny

Second Childhood

The new poetry collection by Fanny Howe, whose body of work seems larger, stranger, and more permanent...
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Author: Fanny Howe
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Second Childhood by Howe, Fanny

Second Childhood

BD$28.08

Second Childhood

BD$28.08
Author: Fanny Howe
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The new poetry collection by Fanny Howe, whose body of work seems larger, stranger, and more permanent with each new book she publishes (Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize citation)

People want to be poets for reasons that have little to do with language.
It's the life of the poet that they want.
Even the glow of loneliness and humiliation.
To walk in the gutter with a bottle of wine.

Some people's lives are more poetic than a poem,
and Francis is certainly one of these.

I know, because he walked beside me for that short time
whether you believe it or not.
--from Outremer

Fanny Howe's poetry is known for its lyricism, fragmentation, experimentation, religious engagement, and commitment to social justice. In Second Childhood, the observing poet is an impersonal figure who accompanies Howe in her encounters with chance and mystery. She is not one age or the other, in one time or another. She writes, The first question in the Catechism is: / What was humanity born for? / To be happy is the correct answer.

Author: Fanny Howe
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 07/08/2014
Pages: 77
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 7.00h x 5.06w x 0.07d
ISBN: 9781555976828


Award: National Book Awards - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 07/01/2014 pg. 16
Publishers Weekly 07/21/2014
New York Times Book Review 09/14/2014 pg. 30
Christian Century 12/10/2014 pg. 24

About the Author
Fanny Howe is the author of more than twenty books of poetry and prose, including Come and See, The Lyrics, and The Winter Sun: Notes on a Vocation. She received the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement. She lives in Massachusetts.


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