Crush by Richard Siken
Circumstances brought Logan McPherson and Elle Sterling together, and their undeniable connection won't let them part. But when the past and the present collide, emotions run high-things are said, lines are crossed, and rules are broken. Both are focused on crushing the enemy, and the retribution is almost too much to bear. Still, there's no undoing what has already been done, and every action has a consequence. He loves her and she loves him, but love isn't a shield. Sometimes your only choice is the one you'd rather not make. Pushed to the limit, the tainted love of Logan and Elle is in jeopardy. With outside forces driving a wedge between them, they have to dig deep within their souls to release the ghosts of their pasts and fight even harder for what neither knew they needed: each other.Contains mature themes.
“One book I keep returning to is Richard Siken’s Crush. . . The poems are vivid, heaving things, stuffed with obsession and surprises. . . . The poems aren’t comforting, but they’re invigorating. This is a book about thrashing around in the great big world, being messy, being alive.”—Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times Book Review
“Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a cinematic brilliance and urgency that makes this one of the best books of contemporary poetry.”—Victoria Chang, Huffington Post
“Vital, immediate, and cinematic in scope, [Siken’s] verse offers sharply observed vignettes of longing, love, and pain.”—Library Journal (Best Poetry of 2005)
“A powerful collection of poems . . . at once confessional, gay, savage, and charged with a violent eroticism.”—Forecast
Finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry
Winner of the 2005 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, sponsored by The Publishing Triangle
“Crush is a wondrous, brilliant book. Richard Siken’s poetry is daring in its construction, graceful yet startling in its beauty, and complicit with emotions and states of mind that would have remained unintelligible without him.”—Dennis Cooper
“Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a cinematic brilliance and urgency that makes this one of the best books of contemporary poetry.”—Victoria Chang, Huffington Post
“Vital, immediate, and cinematic in scope, [Siken’s] verse offers sharply observed vignettes of longing, love, and pain.”—Library Journal (Best Poetry of 2005)
“A powerful collection of poems . . . at once confessional, gay, savage, and charged with a violent eroticism.”—Forecast
Finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry
Winner of the 2005 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, sponsored by The Publishing Triangle
“Crush is a wondrous, brilliant book. Richard Siken’s poetry is daring in its construction, graceful yet startling in its beauty, and complicit with emotions and states of mind that would have remained unintelligible without him.”—Dennis Cooper
Richard Siken lives in Tucson, Arizona. He is cofounder and editor of the literary magazine spork.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780300107890 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300107897 |
| Title | Crush |
| Author | Richard Siken |
| Series | Yale Series Of Younger Poets |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2005-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Award (Poetry) 2005 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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