Scared Violent Like Horses: Poems by John McCarthy (English) Paperback Book

Description: Scared Violent Like Horses by John McCarthy Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description "A stunning overlap of a lost boy and lost landscape through the lens of a gifted poets magical linguistic and storytelling abilities." -VICTORIA CHANG Publisher Description Selected by Victoria Chang as winner of the Jake Adam York Prize, John McCarthysScared Violent Like Horsesis a deeply personal examination of violent masculinity, driven by a yearning for more compassionate ways of being.McCarthys flyover country is populated by a family strangled by silence: a father drunk and mute in the passenger seat, a mother sinking into bed like a dish at the bottom of a sink, and a boy whose friends play punch-for-punch for fun. He shows us a boy struggling to understand pain carried down through generations and how quickly abandonment becomes a silent kind of violence; "how we deny each other, daily, so many chances to care," and how "we didnt know how to talk about loss, / so we made each other lose." Constant throughout is the brutality of the Midwestern landscape that, like the people who inhabit it, turns out to be beautiful in its vulnerability: sedgegrass littered with plastic bags floating like ghosts, dilapidated houses with abandoned Fisher Price toys in the yard, and silos of dirt and rust under a sky that struggles to remember the ground below.With arresting lyricism and humility,Scared Violent Like Horsesattends to the insecurities that hide at the heart of whats been turned harsh, offering a smoldering but redemptive and tender view of the lost, looked over, and forgotten. Author Biography John McCarthy is the author of one previous collection, Ghost Country, which was named a Best Poetry Book of 2016 by the Chicago Review of Books. McCarthy is the 2016 winner of The Pinch Literary Award in Poetry, and his work has appeared in Best New Poets 2015, Haydens Ferry Review, Passages North, Sycamore Review, Zone 3, and in anthologies such as New Poetry from the Midwest 2017. He received an MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and serves as an editor of RHINO magazine and the Quiddity international literary journal and public radio program. Details ISBN 1571315071 ISBN-13 9781571315076 Title Scared Violent Like Horses Author John McCarthy Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 104 Publisher Milkweed Editions GE_Item_ID:124444429; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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