No one blends ironic intelligence, emotional frankness, radical awareness, and intricate humor the way Vijay Seshadri does. His fourth collection takes on the paradoxes of time and space, destabilizing highly tuned lyrics and elegies with sharp and exquisite turns in poems steeped in the complexities of being a self in the world, and being a human among other humans. In these poems, Seshadri's speaker becomes the subject, the reader becomes the writer, and the multiplying refracted narratives yield an "anguish so pure it almost / feels like joy." That Was Now, This Is Then affirms Seshadri's place as one of America's greatest living poets.

Now in paperback, Vijay Seshadri's brilliant follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning 3 Sections.

About the Author
Vijay Seshadri is the author of 3 Sections, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; The Long Meadow, winner of the James Laughlin Award; and Wild Kingdom. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.


Book Information
ISBN 9781644450741
Author Vijay Seshadri
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Graywolf Press,U.S.
Publisher Graywolf Press,U.S.
Weight(grams) 154g
Dimensions(mm) 227mm * 178mm * 11mm