Description
A work that reminds us of the singular and glorious power of poetry in our complex world.
Silver is a collection that shines with a guiding principle, that poetry: 'part physics, part faith, part void', can be found wherever it is looked for. Virtuosic in style, sharing the dexterity of the legendary Argentinian footballer, Lionel Messi, who is conjured in its pages, the poems shape-shift through blank verse, elegy, terza rima and rap. Phillips is confident in his unconfidence: 'Not the meaning,' he writes, 'but the meaningfulness of this mystery we call life'. The poems are luminous and dreamlike in their evocations of time and place, held in the light of a silvery moon that gives them their alluring strangeness and vibrancy.
A work that reminds us of the singular and glorious power of poetry in our complex world.
About the Author
Rowan Ricardo Phillips is a poet, critic, and translator. His honours and awards include the Whiting Award, a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, two PEN America awards and the Nicolas Guillen Outstanding Book Award. He is the editor of the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets and the poetry editor of the New Republic. Faber also publish Living Weapon (2021). He divides his time between New York City and Barcelona.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571382927
Author Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 85g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 5mm
