Chelmsford Public Library

War of the foxes, Richard Siken

eng

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non fiction

War of the foxes

890180354

Richard Siken

Lannan literary selections

"His territory is [where] passion and eloquence collide and fuse."--The New York Times. "Richard Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a cinematic brilliance and urgency."--Huffington Post. "Richard Siken's debut, Crush, won the Yale Younger Poets' Prize, sold over 20,000 copies, and earned him a devoted fan-base. In this much-anticipated second book, Richard Siken seeks definite answers to indefinite questions: what it means to be called to make--whether it is a self, love, war, or art--and what it means to answer that call. In poems equal parts contradiction and clarity, logic and dream, Siken tells the modern world an unforgettable fable about itself. The Museum: 'Two lovers went to the museum and wandered the rooms. He saw a painting and stood in front of it for too long. It was a few minutes before she realized he had gotten stuck. He was stuck looking at a painting. She stood next to him, looking at his face and then the face in the painting. What do you see? she asked. I don't know, he said. He didn't know. She was disappointed, then bored. He was looking at a face and she was looking at her watch. This is where everything changed.' Richard Siken works as a social worker, dealing primarily with developmentally disabled adults. He is a poet, painter, and co-founded and currently edits the magazine Spork. He lives in Tucson, Arizona"--, Provided by publisher

The way the light reflects -- Landscape with a blur of conquerors -- Landscape with fruit rot and millipede -- Birds hover the trampled field -- Detail of the hayfield -- The language of the birds -- Still life with skulls and bacon -- Landscape with several small fires -- Detail of the fire -- War of the foxes -- Portrait of Fryderyk in shifting light -- Three proofs -- Ghost, zero, suitcase, and the moon -- Logic -- Lovesong of the square root of negative one -- The field of rooms and halls -- The mystery of the pears -- Dots everywhere -- The museum -- The stag and the quiver -- Detail of the woods -- Landscape with black coats in snow -- Self-portrait against red wallpaper -- Glue -- Turpentine -- The story of the moon -- The worm king's lullaby -- The painting that includes all painting