{"product_id":"cocklebur-new-and-selected-poems-9781556597374","title":"Cocklebur: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA career-spanning collection from an unflinching poet of extraordinary emotional precision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn celebration of a major voice in American letters, Erin Belieu's \u003ci\u003eCocklebur: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e gathers decades of work alongside a generous selection of new poems. Wide ranging in style, subject and structure, this collection confronts with unsentimental clarity both tender intimacies and grief, as well as the absurdities of what it is to be a human. Belieu considers with fierce emotional intelligence and intellectual rigor the power dynamics and quiet brutality often embedded in our domestic lives and national narratives. Whether addressing sexuality, the sustainability of faith in one's self or others, or American identity, the poems are penetrating and precise. \u003ci\u003eCocklebur\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of a poet unafraid to look directly at our personal and collective histories--what they permit, what they erase, and what they ask us to carry. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erin Belieu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556597374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Nebraska, Erin Belieu earned an MA from Boston University and an MFA from Ohio State University. Belieu's work focuses on gender, love, and history, filtering wide-ranging subject matter through a variety of theoretical frameworks. She often addresses feminist issues and uses poetic conventions and street talk. Belieu is the author of many books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eCome-Hither Honeycomb\u003c\/i\u003e (2020); \u003ci\u003eSlant Six\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); \u003ci\u003eBlack Box\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eOne Above \u0026amp; One Below\u003c\/i\u003e (2000); and \u003ci\u003eInfanta\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), selected by Hayden Carruth for the National Poetry Series. Belieu coedited, with Susan Aizenberg, the anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry by American Women\u003c\/i\u003e (2001).\u003cbr\u003eBelieu has received admiring reviews for her poetry throughout her writing career. Book critic Dwight Garner in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e says \"Belieu is a poet who can't abide pretension,\" and \"She's a comedian of the human spirit, in league with poets from Frank O'Hara, to Deborah Garrison, to Tony Hoagland.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Erin Belieu \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":49001572204701,"sku":"9781556597374","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_77866b69-688d-4022-816a-81dd5093bb06.jpg?v=1791980439","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/cocklebur-new-and-selected-poems-9781556597374","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}