frank: sonnets

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by Diane Seuss

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WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY
WINNER OF THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY
WINNER OF THE 2022 PEN/VOELCKER AWARD FOR POETRY COLLECTION
WINNER OF THE 2021 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR POETRY

A resplendent life in sonnets from the author of Four-Legged Girl, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

"The sonnet, like poverty, teaches you what you can do / without," Diane Seuss writes in this brilliant, candid work, her most personal collection to date. These poems tell the story of a life at risk of spilling over the edge of the page, from Seuss's working-class childhood in rural Michigan to the dangerous allures of New York City and back again. With sheer virtuosity, Seuss moves nimbly across thought and time, poetry and punk, AIDS and addiction, Christ and motherhood, showing us what we can do, what we can do without, and what we offer to one another when we have nothing left to spare. Like a series of cels on a filmstrip, frank: sonnets captures the magnitude of a life lived honestly, a restless search for some kind of "beauty or relief." Seuss is at the height of her powers, devastatingly astute, austere, and--in a word--frank.

Publisher:: Graywolf Press
ISBN:: 9781644450451
Binding:: Paperback
Pages:: 152
Authors:: Diane Seuss
Published Date:: 2021-03-02
Language:: English

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Recommended by a poet...

Is there a book on the craft of writing that you recommend to poets?

My recommendation is not a book on craft but a poetry collection—frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss. As an editor, the most common issue I see with a poem that's just not there yet is the lack of movement—a poem that doesn't really go anywhere or add any insight to a scene, just describes it. My advice is to study frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss. Specifically, study the endings of these poems, the volta. Each poem in that collection is genius and full of movement.

— Isabelle Correa, author of Good Girl and Other Yearnings

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About Diane Seuss

Born in Michigan City, Indiana, and raised in Edwardsburg and Niles, Michigan, Diane Seuss studied at Kalamazoo College and earned a master's degree in social work from Western Michigan University. Her collection frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press, 2021) won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the 2022 PEN/Voelcker Award. Four-Legged Girl (Graywolf, 2015) was a Pulitzer finalist, and Modern Poetry (Graywolf, 2024) was a finalist for the National Book Award. She held a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2020 and received the John Updike Award in 2021.

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