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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Amethyst
ISBN-10
1936932504
ISBN-13
9781936932504
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038417331
Product Key Features
Book Title
Summer of Dead Birds
Number of Pages
104 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, Lgbt / Lesbian, General, American / General
Genre
Poetry, Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
5.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-011670
Dewey Edition
23
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"A meditation on grief and loss with a good dose of humor, shaped with beautiful cadence and structure." --Los Angeles Review of Books "Ali Liebegott is a pillar of queer poetry, and her new collection solidifies why. It's a potent little meditation on grief. Gorgeous and raw. . . . Liebegott's poetry is deeply affecting and utterly readable. For such a fast read, The Summer of Dead Birds lingers for a long time." --Rewire "Liebegott's The Summer of Dead Birds is a must-read. Read it twice: drink it down the first time in one sitting, and then slowly take it in again."--Paperback Paris "A near mythic journey into life-stopping loss: a howl, and a hymn to what's mortal." --Marie Howe, author of Magdalene: Poems "A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in homage to the presence and passing of fiercely loved things." --Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts "Sweet and so sad, and the writing's perfect." --Eileen Myles, author of I Must Be Living Twice "A chronicle of grief & its animals--the birds our cities kill, the dogs who are our best friends, the lovers we can't keep, the strange beauty of a mother's death, the strange translation of all of death's old meanings in a time of mass extinction." --Ariana Reines, author of A Sand Book "Full of wry heartbreak and sweet, sad humor; righteous fury and tender grief." --Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot "A linked sequential lyric memoir balancing aphoristic ingenuity, deadpan irreverence, and the deep interior exploration of the soul." --sam sax, author of Madness "A deeply considered, sometimes irreverent meditation on the end of life, as well as the attempts to survive some of the little deaths we endure along the way."--Stacey Lewis, City Lights Bookstore "An often-sweet, often-startling autobiographical novel-in-verse about going through a divorce and the death of a loved one--meditating on life's big and small losses, and the ways the universe at once reminds us of and assuages those losses." --O, The Oprah Magazine, "Ali Liebegott is a pillar of queer poetry, and her new collection solidifies why. It's a potent little meditation on grief. Gorgeous and raw. . . . Liebegott's poetry is deeply affecting and utterly readable. For such a fast read, The Summer of Dead Birds lingers for a long time." --Rewire "Liebegott's The Summer of Dead Birds is a must-read. Read it twice: drink it down the first time in one sitting, and then slowly take it in again."--Paperback Paris "A near mythic journey into life-stopping loss: a howl, and a hymn to what's mortal." --Marie Howe, author of Magdalene: Poems "A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in homage to the presence and passing of fiercely loved things." --Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts "Sweet and so sad, and the writing's perfect." --Eileen Myles, author of I Must Be Living Twice "A chronicle of grief & its animals--the birds our cities kill, the dogs who are our best friends, the lovers we can't keep, the strange beauty of a mother's death, the strange translation of all of death's old meanings in a time of mass extinction." --Ariana Reines, author of A Sand Book "Full of wry heartbreak and sweet, sad humor; righteous fury and tender grief." --Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot "A linked sequential lyric memoir balancing aphoristic ingenuity, deadpan irreverence, and the deep interior exploration of the soul." --sam sax, author of Madness "A deeply considered, sometimes irreverent meditation on the end of life, as well as the attempts to survive some of the little deaths we endure along the way."--Stacey Lewis, City Lights Bookstore "An often-sweet, often-startling autobiographical novel-in-verse about going through a divorce and the death of a loved one--meditating on life's big and small losses, and the ways the universe at once reminds us of and assuages those losses." --O, The Oprah Magazine, "A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in homage to the presence and passing of fiercely loved things." --Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts "The Summer of Dead Birds is sweet and so sad and the writing's perfect." --Eileen Myles, author of Afterglow "Everything Ali Liebegott writes no matter how soaked with sorrow glimmers with the faint light of joy, so great is her loving attention to the particulars of this world. The Summer of Dead Birds is a near mythic journey into life-stopping loss: a howl, and a hymn to what's mortal. But in Liebegott's spare rich language and lines (and in the silences between the lines), what is gone might blink briefly alive again--not to hold, but to love." --Marie Howe, author of Magdalene "When I read The Summer of Dead Birds the first time, the tender, fragile body of the work kept me breathless from page to page. The second time I read it, the space the poet leaves for the reader was clear and I felt my own fragile tenderness. We are fortunate to have the stark genius of Ali Liebegott on earth to push our lives forward, like all the best poets do." --CA Conrad, author of While Standing in Line for Death "Liebegott offers us a linked sequential lyric memoir balancing aphoristic ingenuity, deadpan irreverence, and the deep interior exploration of the soul." --Sam Sax, author of Madness "Haunting and remarkable--this book is a manual for grieving, yes. But it's also, most importantly, a vital salve for the problem of living." --Karolina Waclawiak, author of The Invaders "The Summer of Dead Birds is full of wry heartbreak and sweet, sad hum∨ righteous fury and tender grief. Ali Liebegott is never unaware of the absurdity of our lives, in all their gorgeousness and gravity, and reading her you feel on the verge of a new perspective, one that could heal all wounds, solve all mysteries, turn a sob into a guffaw. In a moment filled with monsters, this book reconnects us with our own humanity, a crucial gift." --Michelle Tea, author of Black Wave "How does a person dislodge the scenes / that burn inside them like arsoned cars." This is the crucial question this book asks and--with honest, at times funny, always quietly gorgeous, direct and generous poetry--answers. Liebegott tells the story of love and its dissolution, of human and animal mortality, of friendship, of moving through daily loneliness. There is an almost unbearable reality in this book. I found myself reading it nearly breathlessly, amazed at the human and animal presences, grateful to this poet for keeping a record of her survival." --Matthew Zapruder, author of Why Poetry, "An often-sweet, often-startling autobiographical novel-in-verse about going through a divorce and the death of a loved one--meditating on life's big and small losses, and the ways the universe at once reminds us of and assuages those losses." --O, The Oprah Magazine "This remarkable novel-in-verse reads like a meticulously fabricated miniature, an object whose small size and great care of assembly never let readers lose sight of its loving artificiality--its existence as a crafted object." --Poetry Foundation "Ali Liebegott is a pillar of queer poetry, and her new collection solidifies why. It's a potent little meditation on grief. Gorgeous and raw. . . . Liebegott's poetry is deeply affecting and utterly readable. For such a fast read, The Summer of Dead Birds lingers for a long time." --Rewire "A long aria of loss." --BUST "Liebegott's The Summer of Dead Birds is a must-read. Read it twice: drink it down the first time in one sitting, and then slowly take it in again." --Paperback Paris "A meditation on grief and loss with a good dose of humor, shaped with beautiful cadence and structure." --Los Angeles Review of Books "A near mythic journey into life-stopping loss: a howl, and a hymn to what's mortal." --Marie Howe, author of Magdalene: Poems "A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in homage to the presence and passing of fiercely loved things." --Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts "Sweet and so sad, and the writing's perfect." --Eileen Myles, author of I Must Be Living Twice "A chronicle of grief & its animals--the birds our cities kill, the dogs who are our best friends, the lovers we can't keep, the strange beauty of a mother's death, the strange translation of all of death's old meanings in a time of mass extinction." --Ariana Reines, author of A Sand Book "Full of wry heartbreak and sweet, sad humor; righteous fury and tender grief." --Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot "A linked sequential lyric memoir balancing aphoristic ingenuity, deadpan irreverence, and the deep interior exploration of the soul." --sam sax, author of Madness "A deeply considered, sometimes irreverent meditation on the end of life, as well as the attempts to survive some of the little deaths we endure along the way." --Stacey Lewis, City Lights Bookstore, "Liebegott's The Summer of Dead Birds is a must-read. Read it twice: drink it down the first time in one sitting, and then slowly take it in again."--Paperback Paris "A near mythic journey into life-stopping loss: a howl, and a hymn to what's mortal." --Marie Howe, author of Magdalene: Poems "A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in homage to the presence and passing of fiercely loved things." --Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts "Sweet and so sad, and the writing's perfect." --Eileen Myles, author of I Must Be Living Twice "A chronicle of grief & its animals--the birds our cities kill, the dogs who are our best friends, the lovers we can't keep, the strange beauty of a mother's death, the strange translation of all of death's old meanings in a time of mass extinction." --Ariana Reines, author of A Sand Book "Full of wry heartbreak and sweet, sad hum∨ righteous fury and tender grief." --Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot "A linked sequential lyric memoir balancing aphoristic ingenuity, deadpan irreverence, and the deep interior exploration of the soul." --sam sax, author of Madness "A deeply considered, sometimes irreverent meditation on the end of life, as well as the attempts to survive some of the little deaths we endure along the way."--Stacey Lewis, City Lights Bookstore, "Ali Liebegott is a pillar of queer poetry, and her new collection solidifies why. It's a potent little meditation on grief. Gorgeous and raw. . . . Liebegott's poetry is deeply affecting and utterly readable. For such a fast read, The Summer of Dead Birds lingers for a long time." --Rewire "Liebegott's The Summer of Dead Birds is a must-read. Read it twice: drink it down the first time in one sitting, and then slowly take it in again." --Paperback Paris "A near mythic journey into life-stopping loss: a howl, and a hymn to what's mortal." --Marie Howe, author of Magdalene: Poems "A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in homage to the presence and passing of fiercely loved things." --Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts "Sweet and so sad, and the writing's perfect." --Eileen Myles, author of I Must Be Living Twice "A chronicle of grief & its animals--the birds our cities kill, the dogs who are our best friends, the lovers we can't keep, the strange beauty of a mother's death, the strange translation of all of death's old meanings in a time of mass extinction." --Ariana Reines, author of A Sand Book "Full of wry heartbreak and sweet, sad humor; righteous fury and tender grief." --Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot "A linked sequential lyric memoir balancing aphoristic ingenuity, deadpan irreverence, and the deep interior exploration of the soul." --sam sax, author of Madness "A deeply considered, sometimes irreverent meditation on the end of life, as well as the attempts to survive some of the little deaths we endure along the way."--Stacey Lewis, City Lights Bookstore, "Ali Liebegott is a pillar of queer poetry, and her new collection solidifies why. It's a potent little meditation on grief. Gorgeous and raw. . . . Liebegott's poetry is deeply affecting and utterly readable. For such a fast read, The Summer of Dead Birds lingers for a long time." --Rewire "Liebegott's The Summer of Dead Birds is a must-read. Read it twice: drink it down the first time in one sitting, and then slowly take it in again." --Paperback Paris "A meditation on grief and loss with a good dose of humor, shaped with beautiful cadence and structure." --Los Angeles Review of Books "A near mythic journey into life-stopping loss: a howl, and a hymn to what's mortal." --Marie Howe, author of Magdalene: Poems "A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in homage to the presence and passing of fiercely loved things." --Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts "Sweet and so sad, and the writing's perfect." --Eileen Myles, author of I Must Be Living Twice "A chronicle of grief & its animals--the birds our cities kill, the dogs who are our best friends, the lovers we can't keep, the strange beauty of a mother's death, the strange translation of all of death's old meanings in a time of mass extinction." --Ariana Reines, author of A Sand Book "Full of wry heartbreak and sweet, sad humor; righteous fury and tender grief." --Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot "A linked sequential lyric memoir balancing aphoristic ingenuity, deadpan irreverence, and the deep interior exploration of the soul." --sam sax, author of Madness "A deeply considered, sometimes irreverent meditation on the end of life, as well as the attempts to survive some of the little deaths we endure along the way." --Stacey Lewis, City Lights Bookstore "A long aria of loss." --BUST "An often-sweet, often-startling autobiographical novel-in-verse about going through a divorce and the death of a loved one--meditating on life's big and small losses, and the ways the universe at once reminds us of and assuages those losses." --O, The Oprah Magazine "This remarkable novel-in-verse reads like a meticulously fabricated miniature, an object whose small size and great care of assembly never let readers lose sight of its loving artificiality--its existence as a crafted object." --Poetry Foundation
Dewey Decimal
811.6
Synopsis
A queer poet documents depression and grief in this autobiographical novel-in-verse. how does a person dislodge the scenes that burn inside them like arsoned cars? Ali Liebegott is reeling from a fresh, painful divorce. She wallows in grief and overassigns meaning to everyday circumstance, clinging to an aging Dalmatian and obsessing over dead birds. Going through the motions of teaching and walking her dog, she eventually decides to hit the road: Ali and Rorschach at the Center of the World. This autobiographical novel-in-verse is a chronicle of mourning and survival, documenting depression and picking apart failed intimacy. But Ali Liebegott's poetry is laced with compassion, for herself and the reader and the world, as she learns to balance the sting of death with the tender strangeness of life., Lesbian relationships rarely survive the death of a parent, Ali Liebegott's therapist tells her in the pages of this novel-in-verse. Despite Ali's defiance, the prediction comes true. In Summer of Dead Birds, she explores the toll of mental illness and grief on romantic partnerships - fragile things anyway - through a lesbian lens.In this chronicle of mourning and survival, Ali Liebegott wallows in loneliness and over-assigns meaning to everyday circumstance, clinging to an aging dog and obsessing over dead birds. But these unpretentious vignettes are laced with compassion, as she learns to balance the sting of death with the tender strangeness of life., "A fierce, funny, agonized, cracked-open aria in homage to the presence and passing of fiercely loved things." --Maggie Nelson how does a person dislodge the scenes that burn inside them like arsoned cars? Ali Liebegott is reeling from a fresh, painful divorce. She wallows in grief and overassigns meaning to everyday circumstance, clinging to an aging Dalmatian and obsessing over dead birds. Going through the motions of teaching and walking her dog, she eventually decides to hit the road: Ali and Rorschach at the Center of the World. This autobiographical novel-in-verse is a chronicle of mourning and survival, documenting depression and picking apart failed intimacy. But Ali Liebegott's poetry is laced with compassion, for herself and the reader and the world, as she learns to balance the sting of death with the tender strangeness of life.
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PS3612.I327A6 2019
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