War of the Foxes

· Copper Canyon Press
4.8
12 reviews
Ebook
96
Pages

About this ebook

"His territory is [where] passion and eloquence collide and fuse.'—The New York Times

"Richard Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a cinematic brilliance and urgency."—Huffington Post

Richard Siken's debut, Crush, won the Yale Younger Poets' Prize, sold over 20,000 copies, and earned him a devoted fan-base. In this much-anticipated second book, Richard Siken seeks definite answers to indefinite questions: what it means to be called to make—whether it is a self, love, war, or art—and what it means to answer that call. In poems equal parts contradiction and clarity, logic and dream, Siken tells the modern world an unforgettable fable about itself.

The Museum

Two lovers went to the museum and wandered the rooms.
He saw a painting and stood in front of it
for too long. It was a few minutes before she
realized he had gotten stuck. He was stuck looking
at a painting. She stood next to him, looking at his
face and then the face in the painting. What do you
see? she asked. I don't know, he said. He didn't
know. She was disappointed, then bored. He was
looking at a face and she was looking at her watch.
This is where everything changed . . .

Richard Siken is a poet, painter, and filmmaker. His first book, Crush, won the Yale Younger Poets' prize. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
12 reviews
Moumita Debnath
February 18, 2022
he will shock you. his poetry is like a collection of dream allegories. Crush and War of the Foxes.
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Richard Siken: Richard Siken's first book, Crush, won the Yale Younger Poets’ Prize in 2004, and became a poetry best-seller. He co-founded and currently edits the magazine spork and lives in Tucson, Arizona.

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