Then the War : And Selected Poems, 2007-2020

Name: Then the War : And Selected Poems, 2007-2020
Author: Carl Phillips
ISBN: 9780374607678

by Carl Phillips

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WINNER OF THE 2023 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY A new collection of poems from one of America's most essential, celebrated, and enduring poets, Carl Phillips's Then the War I'm a song, changing. I'm a light rain falling through a vast darkness toward a different darkness. Carl Phillips has aptly described his work as an

"ongoing quest"; Then the War is the next step in that meaningful process of self-discovery for both the poet and his reader. The new poems, written in a time of rising racial conflict in the United States, with its attendant violence and uncertainty, find Phillips entering deeper into the landscape he has made his own: a forest of intimacy, queerness, and moral inquiry, where the farther we go, the more difficult it is to remember why or where we started. Then the War includes a generous selection of Phillips's work from the previous thirteen years, as well as his recent lyric prose memoir,

"Among the Trees," and his chapbook, Star Map with Action Figures . Ultimately, Phillips refuses pessimism, arguing for tenderness and human connection as profound forces for revolution and conjuring a spell against indifference and the easy escapes of nostalgia. Then the War is luminous testimony to the power of self-reckoning and to Carl Phillips as an ever-changing, necessary voice in contemporary poetry.

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication DateFeb. 14th, 2023

ISBN-139780374607678

Dimensions7.60 x 9.00 x 0.65 inches

ISBN-100374607672

Shipping Weight0.75 lbs

Carl Phillips

Carl Phillips is the author of four books of poems, including "Pastoral" & "From the Devotions", a finalist for the National Book Award. He is an associate professor of English & of African & Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.

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"The poet Carl Phillips combines beauty and insight in syntactically surprising lines that always reward careful study . . . an exquisite collection." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post

"Carl Phillips is a poet of enchantment and persuasion . . . I couldn't mistake these poems for any other poet's work. In a moment obsessed with snappy performances, Phillips's poems are contemplative, rich, and troubled. They are rarely axiomatic or quotable. Often, their power lies in their unfolding." --Richie Hofmann, Los Angeles Review of Books

"A master class in [Phillips's] deceptively gentle voice and striking depictions of raw humanity . . . Every selection provides a portal to this accomplished author's work. An important milestone in the still flourishing career of a most brilliant poet." -- Booklist

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"Glowing confirmation that, as he enters his 60s, Phillips is writing better than ever. The poems that open Then the War are extraordinary ecological lyric verse, subtle and transformative." --Fiona Sampson, The Guardian

"This selected offers admirers of Phillips's work a chance to revisit his masterful poems, and new readers an opportunity to see the evolution of a vital presence in American poetry . . . These lyrically rich, insightful poems are full of palpable aching--'like the rhyme between lost/ and most'--and a human urge to understand. This remarkable compendium is a testament to the spirit of Phillips's work." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"With the incomparably gorgeous, deftly poetic sentences that make up his work, Carl Phillips has been exploring intimacy, sexuality, and interiority for more than a decade." --Corinne Segal, Literary Hub

Reader Reviews for Then the War : And Selected Poems, 2007-2020

Then the War
Invasive Species	5
Of California	6
That the Gods Must Rest	8
The Enchanted Bluff	9
Little Shields, in Starlight	11
Morning in the Bowl of Night	12
Blue-Winged Warbler	14
Not Wild, Merely Free	15
He Didn't Raise Hand or Voice	17
In a Field, at Sunset	19
The Difficulty	20
In a Low Voice, Slowly	21
Fixed Shadow, Moving Water	22
Somewhere, right now, a hawk	23
Sing a Darkness	25
Among the Trees	27
While Night Still Keeps Us	49
Then the War	50
As the Rain Comes Down Harder	52
Something to Believe In	54
The Blue Door	55
Rough Surf in Moonlight	56
Like the Sweet Wet Earth Itself	57
On Corning Close	58
Electric	59
Soft Western Light	60
Everything All of It	62
Blurry Finally in Too Soon Each of Us	64
Only Portions of the Map Still Legibly Survive	65
Archery	67
Initial Descent	69
To Autumn	70
Of the Shining Underlife	71
Anywhere Like Peace	72
Entire Known World So Far	73
Night Comes and Passes Over Me	75
This Far In	77
Selected Poems, 2007-2020
From Speak Low
Speak Low	87
Mirror, Window, Mirror	88
Captivity	89
In a Perfect World	91
Distortion	92
Storm	94
Now in Our Most Ordinary Voices	96
The Raft	97
From Double Shadow
Fascination	101
Continuous Until We Stop	102
The Grass Not Being Flesh, Nor Flesh the Grass	103
The Need for Dreaming	104
Almost Tenderly	105
Glory On	106
Civilization	107
Immaculate Each Leaf, and Every Flower	110
Heaven and Earth	112
From Silverchest
So the Mind Like a Gate Swings Open	115
After the Afterlife	116
Black Swan on Water, in a Little Rain	117
Neon	118
Your Body Down in Gold	119
Anyone Who Had a Heart	120
Dominion	122
But Waves, They Scatter	123
Silverchest	124
From Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance	127
The Darker Powers	128
Steeple	130
Capella	131
For Long to Hold	134
Foliage	135
The Strong by Their Stillness	136
Faintly, with Falling Stars	137
Spring	138
From Wild Is the Wind
Swimming	141
Brothers in Arms	142
Musculature	143
Not the Waves as They Make Their Way Forward	144
Gold Leaf	145
What I See Is the Light Falling All Around Us	146
If You Go Away	147
For It Felt Like Power	149
Monomoy	150
Wild Is the Wind	151
The Sea, the Forest	153
From Pale Colors in a Tall Field
On Being Asked to Be More Specific When It Comes to Longing	157
Pale Colors in a Tall Field	159
For Nothing Tender About It	160
Dirt Being Dirt	161
A Little Closer Though, If You Can, For What Got Lost Here	162
Yet No Less Grateful	163
Is It True All Legends Once Were Rumors	164
Overheard, Under a Dark Enchantment	165
If It Must Be Winter	166
Defiance	168
Star Map with Action Figures
And If I Fall	173
Dangerous Only When Disturbed	174
Wake Up	176
On Triumph	178
Unbridled	179
We Turn Here	180
To Lie Down. To Wear Nothing at All.	181
Reasonable Doubt	182
Fine	183
And Swept All Visible Signs Away	185
Honest in Which Not Gently	186
Self	187
Soundtrack for a Frame of Winter	188
Star Map with Action Figures	190
My Monster	192
All the Love You've Got	193
Notes	197
Acknowledgments	201
Index of Titles and First Lines	203
Table of Contents provided by Ingram Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

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FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication DateFeb. 14th, 2023

ISBN-139780374607678

Dimensions7.60 x 9.00 x 0.65 inches

ISBN-100374607672

Shipping Weight0.75 lbs

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Then the War
Invasive Species	5
Of California	6
That the Gods Must Rest	8
The Enchanted Bluff	9
Little Shields, in Starlight	11
Morning in the Bowl of Night	12
Blue-Winged Warbler	14
Not Wild, Merely Free	15
He Didn't Raise Hand or Voice	17
In a Field, at Sunset	19
The Difficulty	20
In a Low Voice, Slowly	21
Fixed Shadow, Moving Water	22
Somewhere, right now, a hawk	23
Sing a Darkness	25
Among the Trees	27
While Night Still Keeps Us	49
Then the War	50
As the Rain Comes Down Harder	52
Something to Believe In	54
The Blue Door	55
Rough Surf in Moonlight	56
Like the Sweet Wet Earth Itself	57
On Corning Close	58
Electric	59
Soft Western Light	60
Everything All of It	62
Blurry Finally in Too Soon Each of Us	64
Only Portions of the Map Still Legibly Survive	65
Archery	67
Initial Descent	69
To Autumn	70
Of the Shining Underlife	71
Anywhere Like Peace	72
Entire Known World So Far	73
Night Comes and Passes Over Me	75
This Far In	77
Selected Poems, 2007-2020
From Speak Low
Speak Low	87
Mirror, Window, Mirror	88
Captivity	89
In a Perfect World	91
Distortion	92
Storm	94
Now in Our Most Ordinary Voices	96
The Raft	97
From Double Shadow
Fascination	101
Continuous Until We Stop	102
The Grass Not Being Flesh, Nor Flesh the Grass	103
The Need for Dreaming	104
Almost Tenderly	105
Glory On	106
Civilization	107
Immaculate Each Leaf, and Every Flower	110
Heaven and Earth	112
From Silverchest
So the Mind Like a Gate Swings Open	115
After the Afterlife	116
Black Swan on Water, in a Little Rain	117
Neon	118
Your Body Down in Gold	119
Anyone Who Had a Heart	120
Dominion	122
But Waves, They Scatter	123
Silverchest	124
From Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance	127
The Darker Powers	128
Steeple	130
Capella	131
For Long to Hold	134
Foliage	135
The Strong by Their Stillness	136
Faintly, with Falling Stars	137
Spring	138
From Wild Is the Wind
Swimming	141
Brothers in Arms	142
Musculature	143
Not the Waves as They Make Their Way Forward	144
Gold Leaf	145
What I See Is the Light Falling All Around Us	146
If You Go Away	147
For It Felt Like Power	149
Monomoy	150
Wild Is the Wind	151
The Sea, the Forest	153
From Pale Colors in a Tall Field
On Being Asked to Be More Specific When It Comes to Longing	157
Pale Colors in a Tall Field	159
For Nothing Tender About It	160
Dirt Being Dirt	161
A Little Closer Though, If You Can, For What Got Lost Here	162
Yet No Less Grateful	163
Is It True All Legends Once Were Rumors	164
Overheard, Under a Dark Enchantment	165
If It Must Be Winter	166
Defiance	168
Star Map with Action Figures
And If I Fall	173
Dangerous Only When Disturbed	174
Wake Up	176
On Triumph	178
Unbridled	179
We Turn Here	180
To Lie Down. To Wear Nothing at All.	181
Reasonable Doubt	182
Fine	183
And Swept All Visible Signs Away	185
Honest in Which Not Gently	186
Self	187
Soundtrack for a Frame of Winter	188
Star Map with Action Figures	190
My Monster	192
All the Love You've Got	193
Notes	197
Acknowledgments	201
Index of Titles and First Lines	203
Table of Contents provided by Ingram Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

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