Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night
Poems
Zando · Print & ebook · July 13, 2021
ABA Indie Poetry Bestseller From the author of Magical Negro, Winner of the National Book Critic's Circle Award Named a Best Book of the Month by Oprah Daily, BuzzFeed, Ms.
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- Who it’s for
- These poems braid humor, grief, and anxiety, letting the personal and political share the page.
- Themes
- Grief and anxiety, Humor and pathos, Personal and political
- Genres
- African American Poetry, Political & Protest Poetry, American Poetry
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ABA Indie Poetry Bestseller From the author of Magical Negro, Winner of the National Book Critic's Circle Award Named a Best Book of the Month by Oprah Daily, BuzzFeed, Ms. Magazine, Nylon, ALTA and a Best Book of the Summer by Glamour and Publishers Weekly “Hilarious and hard-hitting . . . it ripples with energy, insight, and searing music.”
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―Tracy K. Smith, author of Wade in the Water Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night—the book that launched the career of one of our most important young American poets—is back in print. The debut collection from award-winning poet Morgan Parker demonstrates why she’s become one of the most beloved writers working today. Her command of language is on full display. Parker bobs and weaves between humor and pathos, grief and anxiety, Gwendolyn Brooks and Jay-Z, the New York School and reality television. She collapses any foolish distinctions between the personal and the political, the “high” and the “low.” Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night not only introduced an essential new voice to the world, it contains everything readers have come to love about Morgan Parker’s work.
Wit Meets Weight
These poems braid humor, grief, and anxiety, letting the personal and political share the page.
Come here for
- A lively mix of humor, grief, and anxiety
- High and low culture in lively conversation
Expect
- Language that shifts between playfulness and emotional weight
- Personal and political concerns held together
Where it sits
| African American Poetry | 95% |
|---|---|
| American Poetry | 46% |
| Political & Protest Poetry | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- African American Poetry
- Poetry About Death
- Women Poets
- Authors
- Morgan Parker
- Publisher
- Zando
- Published
- July 13, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Grief and anxiety · Humor and pathos · Personal and political
- Reading lane
- African American Poetry