{"product_id":"saint-worm-poems-paperback","title":"Saint Worm: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHailey Leithauser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSaint Worm\u003c\/em\u003e, Hailey Leithauser's second poetry collection, collects--sometimes warmly, sometime wickedly--glowworm, bookworm, earthworm, and other earthly and unearthly creatures, including human beings. Leithauser's sparklingly inimitable style mates the serious with the playful, yielding a treasury of quirkiness, inventive turns of phrase, wordplay, and expansive diction, making \u003cem\u003eSaint Worm\u003c\/em\u003e a collection unlike any other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eSAINT WORM\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurprise is what I treasure most in my reaction to art, and Hailey Leithauser's \u003cem\u003eSaint Worm\u003c\/em\u003e surprises. Alternately funny and sad, creepy and comfy, disturbing and insightful, the book demands attention. Quirky as Stevie Smith and smart as Marianne Moore, what you hold in your hands is a masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e --Spencer Reece\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR HAILEY LEITHAUSER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Meticulously crafted . . . Leithauser has style to spare, but also substance, and yes, playful, in the best sense of the word, pleasurable and pleasure-seeking . . . This is the trick Leithauser does so well, marrying delightful, silvery rhyme to darker content.\"--\u003cem\u003eLos Angles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The talent and craft exhibited here is cause for sheer glee . . . Leithauser's agility of expression and biting sense of humor shine through . . . Here's hoping this confident and deft collection will be the first of many from a powerful wordsmith.\"--\u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \". . . In its playfulness, its confections of wordplay . . . Delightful.\"--\u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A frantic argument in favor of obvious beauty, of ornament, and of elaborate jokes, as barriers against something like despair.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Possessed of an unnatural ability with the language, preternatural grace in form, and an extraordinary capacity to be dead serious with killer humor.\"--\u003cem\u003eWomen's Voice for Change\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hailey Leithauser's intoxicating first collection, understands the physical nature of words and sounds. Her poems bounce along several registers, surprising us with their diction and resulting music . . . \u003cem\u003eSwoop\u003c\/em\u003e stands out as one of the most interesting books of this past year.\"--\u003cem\u003e32 Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailey Leithauser's debut collection, \u003cem\u003eSwoop\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Poetry Foundation's Emily Dickinson First Book Award and the Towson Prize for Literature. Her poems appear in \u003cem\u003eAgni\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGettysburg Review, Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eYale Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and numerous other periodicals, and have been selected three times for \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e anthology. She is a recipient of the Discovery\/the \u003cem\u003eNation\u003c\/em\u003e Prize, the \u003cem\u003eRiver Styx\u003c\/em\u003e International Poetry Award, the Elizabeth Matchett Stover Award, and two Individual Artist Grants from the Maryland State Arts Council. She lives quite lazily at the edge of a precipitous wooded ravine a few miles north of Washington, DC, and teaches at the West Chester Poetry Conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 86\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713367019583,"sku":"9781773490458","price":25.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a1339e72f06a3bf2746ce7e7ed131f68.webp?v=1765064417","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/saint-worm-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}