Somebody Else Sold the World by Adrian Matejka

Somebody Else Sold the World

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Somebody Else Sold the World

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Somebody Else Sold the World

by Adrian Matejka

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 A resonant new collection on love and persistence from the author of The Big Smoke, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize

The poems in Adrian Matejka's newest and fifth collection, Somebody Else Sold the World, meditate on the ways we exist in an uncontrollable world: in love and its aftermaths, in families that divide themselves, in protest-filled streets, in isolation as routines become obsolete because of lockdown orders and curfews. Somebody Else uses past and future touchstones like pop songs, love notes, and imaginary gossip to illuminate those moments of splendor that persist even in exhaustion. These poems show that there are many possibilities of brightness and hope, even in the middle of pandemics and revolutions.
Book Details
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN:
9780143136446
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
96
Authors:
Adrian Matejka
Published Date:
2021-07-06
Language:
English
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About Adrian Matejka

Adrian Matejka's third collection, The Big Smoke (Penguin, 2013), was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Born in Nuremberg, Germany, and raised in Indianapolis, he earned an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His earlier collection Mixology (Penguin, 2009) was selected for the National Poetry Series, and The Big Smoke went on to win the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 2014. He served as Indiana Poet Laureate from 2018 to 2019 and now edits Poetry magazine. Other books include Map to the Stars (Penguin, 2017), Somebody Else Sold the World (Penguin, 2021), and the graphic novel Last on His Feet (Liveright, 2023).

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