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ISBN-10: 1567925995
ISBN-13: 9781567925999
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Publish Date: 07/27/2017
Dimensions: 8.50" L, 5.50" W, 0.30" H

The Unfastening: Poems

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Overview

Faced with shattering loss, how do you fasten yourself to life again? Poet storyteller Wesley McNair weaves stories of the pursuit of beauty, the blessings of nature, and the connections we make with others in the course of everyday life that bring hope in the midst of unfastening. There’s a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him; a Japanese war bride whose husband’s death leaves her with two young children far from home; an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands. These are story poems, by a master, of sorrow, humor, and yes, joy.

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Praise for Wesley McNair

"One of the great storytellers of contemporary poetry."–Philip Levine, Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner

"Because he is a true poet, his New England is unlimited. Whole lives fill small lines, real to this poet, therefore to us."–Donald Hall, Harvard Book Review

Dwellers in the House of the Lord (Godine, 2020): "There's so much life in this beautiful book that it feels like a living thing. Wesley McNair is a kind of Chekhov of American poetry."–Ted Kooser, Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate

The Unfastening (Godine, 2017): "A distinctly New England strain of candor and restraint and a walloping matter-of-factness."–The Boston Globe

The Ghosts of Me and You (Godine, 2006): "McNair's poems are full of people with lives like his own, like ours, ordinary lives that are incredibly unique and complex."–Louis McKee, Library Journal

The Town of No & My Brother Running (Godine, 1998): "McNair is one of the only handful of younger poets willing to take risks. This is, without a doubt, one of the year's best poetry collections."–ALA Booklist

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Details

ISBN-10: 1567925995
ISBN-13: 9781567925999
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Publish Date: 07/27/2017
Dimensions: 8.50" L, 5.50" W, 0.30" H
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