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Lighthead
Lighthead | Terrance Hayes
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Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry In his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experience. With one foot firmly grounded in the everyday and the other hovering in the air, his poems braid dream and reality into a poetry that is both dark and buoyant. Cultural icons as diverse as Fela Kuti, Harriet Tubman, and Wallace Stevens appear with meditations on desire and history. We see Hayes testing the line between story and song in a series of stunning poems inspired by the Pecha Kucha, a Japanese presentation format. This innovative collection presents the light- headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time. Fueled by an imagination that enlightens, delights, and ignites, Lighthead leaves us illuminated and scorched.
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wanderinglynn
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#two4Tuesday

1. I usually do not pick out books ahead of time. But April is National Poetry Month, and so I have a stack of poetry books including the tagged ready to read
2. Fly by the seat of my pants. 😉

TheSpineView Looking forward to your poetry finds! 🤩🤩🤩 Thanks for playing! 5y
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MsLeah8417
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Loved his poetry.

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MsLeah8417
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I am thoroughly enjoying the amazing poetry of Terrance Hayes.

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Nute
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What is left at the center when rain has washed all color away? What is left at the core when fire has burned all humanity to ashes? I grasped with the fear of understanding a reality.
Recommended!

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Nute
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We refused.

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Nute
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This is so RAW!

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Nute
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Excited to finally explore his words, to hear his instrument...to listen to his music.

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tamaria
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From "For Brothers of the Dragon" #poetry

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emtobiasz
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From "For Brothers of the Dragon" #poetry

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