Then the War by Carl Phillips
The first UK publication from this acclaimed US poet, one of the outstanding lyric poets of our time.
'The writing dazzles with transcendent metaphors, complex connections and linguistic flourishes' - Washington Post; 'These lyrically rich, insightful poems are full of palpable aching [..] and a human urge to understand. This remarkable compendium is a testament to the spirit of Phillips's work.' - Publishers Weekly
Carl Phillips is the author of seventeen books of poetry, most recently Scattered Snows, to the North (Carcanet, 2024). Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007-2020 (Carcanet, 2022) won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. Phillips has also written three prose books, most recently My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing (Yale University Press, 2022). After more than thirty years of teaching at Washington University in St. Louis, he lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Author photo taken by Reston Allen.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781800172296 |
| ISBN 10 | 180017229X |
| Title | Then the War |
| Author | Carl Phillips |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-02-24 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 2023 |
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