| Author: | Ai | ISBN: | 9780393244908 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | November 17, 2004 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ai |
| ISBN: | 9780393244908 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication: | November 17, 2004 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language: | English |
A searing collection of poems about America's loss of innocence from the National Book Award-winning author of Vice.
In poems that travel from the horrific flight of a World War II pilot to the World Trade Center attack, from the death of JFK Jr. to the poet's own bastard birth, Ai conjures purity as a distant memory and the knowledge of evil as an "infinite dark night." "An undoubtedly powerful personae."—Publishers Weekly "Ai's cleansing soliloquies give voice to pain both personal and communal....[Dread] presents her most masterfully unnerving works to date."—Booklist "Dread has the characteristic moral strength that makes Ai a necessary poet."—The New York Times Book Review
A searing collection of poems about America's loss of innocence from the National Book Award-winning author of Vice.
In poems that travel from the horrific flight of a World War II pilot to the World Trade Center attack, from the death of JFK Jr. to the poet's own bastard birth, Ai conjures purity as a distant memory and the knowledge of evil as an "infinite dark night." "An undoubtedly powerful personae."—Publishers Weekly "Ai's cleansing soliloquies give voice to pain both personal and communal....[Dread] presents her most masterfully unnerving works to date."—Booklist "Dread has the characteristic moral strength that makes Ai a necessary poet."—The New York Times Book Review
