Penguin Modern Poets 6: Die Deeper into Life
About this ebook
Volume 6, Dark Looks, features the work of Maggie Nelson and Claudia Rankine, the two American poets who, in hybrid books bridging the divide between poetry, lyric prose, life-writing and theory such as Bluets, The Argonauts, Don't Let Me Be Lonely and Citizen, have transformed the literary landscape over the last 15 years, alongside that of Denise Riley, who for decades has been exploring closely related concerns - motherhood; identity and oppression; loss; the language and words that build, or assault, our selves - as one of the best-kept secrets of British poetry, now fittingly recognized by a string of shortlistings and awards. These are writers who combine deep thought with deep feeling to illuminate our world, how we suffer in it, how we resist it, and how we can live with and love it.
About the author
Maggie Nelson is a poet, critic and the author of five books of non-fiction. Her books include The Red Parts: Autobiography of a Trial, the hybrid cult classic Bluets and The Argonauts (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award), as well as the poetry books Shiner, The Latest Winter, Jane: A Murder and Something Bright, Then Holes. In 2016 she was awarded the MacArthur Genius fellowship. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
Claudia Rankine (Author)
Claudia Rankine is the author of five books, including Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric and the bestselling Citizen: An American Lyric. A chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, she is the winner of many prizes including the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and a 2016 MacArthur Fellowship. She is an adjunct professor of English and African-American Studies at Yale University, and has previously taught at Pomona College and the University of Southern California.
Denise Riley (Author)
Denise Riley is a critically acclaimed writer of both philosophy and poetry. She is currently Professor of the History of Ideas and of Poetry at UEA. She has taught philosophy, art history, poetics, and creative writing. She is the author of collections including Marxism for Infants (1977), Dry Air (1985), Mop Mop Georgette 1993) and Say Something Back (2016), for which she won the Roehampton Poetry Prize. She lives in London.
