Lighthead

Poems (National Book Award Winner)

Terrance Hayes

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English

Penguin
30 March 2010

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets

Series: Penguin Poets

Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry

Watch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes,American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018

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 presenta-tion 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.

Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry

Watch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes,American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018

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 presenta-tion 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.

By: Terrance Hayes
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 212mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 102g
ISBN: 9780143116967
ISBN 10: 0143116967
Series: Penguin Poets
Pages: 95
Publication Date: 30 March 2010
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Terrance Hayes received an MFA in poetry from the University of Pittsburgh. He was the recipient of a 1999 Whiting Writers Award, and his first collection of poetry, <b>Muscular Music</b>, was the winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award in 2000. He is currently an assistant professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Reviews for Lighthead: Poems (National Book Award Winner)

Hayes's work is terrific . . . it's grounded in narrative even as it's linguistically dense and playful, with allusions to formal verse traditions and to pop culture new and old. - The New York Times Lighthead displays a riffing, wildly relentless insistence and astonishing brio . . . Hayes breaks down categories and builds up forms with acrobatic glee. - Megan O'Rourke, The Year's Best Poetry, npr.org.