Explosive and incantatory,
The Low Passions traces the fringes of the American experiment through the eyes of a young drifter. Pathologically frugal, reckless and vulnerable, the narrator of these viscerally compelling poems hops freight trains, hitchhikes, dumpster dives and sleeps in the homes of total strangers, scavenging forgotten and hardscrabble places for tangible forms of faith. A range of strong-willed characters takes shape, amplified by a chorus of monologues from the strangers who shelter him and the family he's left behind-each made manifest by the poet's devoted ear and sensitive eye.
About the AuthorAnders Carlson-Wee is the author of Disease of Kings, The Low Passions, a New York Public Library Book Group Selection, and Dynamite, winner of the Frost Place Chapbook Competition. His work has appeared in the Paris Review, Harvard Review, Buzzfeed, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Book InformationISBN 9780393358582
Author Anders Carlson-WeeFormat Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 100g
Dimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 10mm