Stones by Kevin Young

Stones by Kevin Young

A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called one of the poetry stars of his generation. --Los Angeles Times

We sleep long, / if not sound, Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, Till the end / we sing / into the wind. In scenes and settings that circle family and the generations in the American South--one poem, Kith, exploring that strange bedfellow of kin--the speaker and his young son wander among the stones of their ancestors. Like heat he seeks them, / my son, thirsting / to learn those / he don't know / are his dead.

Whether it's the fireflies of a Louisiana summer caught in a mason jar (doomed by their collection), or his grandmother, Mama Annie, who latches the screen door when someone steps out for just a moment, all that makes up our flickering precarious joy, all that we want to protect, is lifted into the light in this moving book. Stones becomes an ode to Young's home places and his dear departed, and to what of them--of us--poetry can save.

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ISBN 13	9781524711153
ISBN 10	1524711152
Titel	Stones
Autor	Kevin Young
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Knopf Publishing Group
Erscheinungsjahr	2024-04-02
Seitenanzahl	128
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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