Poet, The Lion, Talking Pictures, El Farolito, A Wedding in St. Roch, The Big Box Store, The Warp in the Mirror, Spring, Midnights, Fire & All

Discover the captivating world of C. D. Wright in her remarkable collection, Poet, The Lion, Talking Pictures, El Farolito, A Wedding in St. Roch, The Big Box Store, The Warp in the Mirror, Spring, Midnights, Fire & All. Published in 2016, this 150-page book showcases the unique voice of one of America's most intriguing poets. Wright's work is celebrated for its ability to merge fragments of iconic American life with a distinctively strange and luminous idiom, as noted by The New Yorker. Critics have praised her fearless approach, with The Village Voice stating, "Wright shrinks back from nothing." This collection serves as a compelling companion to her previous prose work, Cooling Time, and presents poetry as a profound way of being and seeing the world. Dive into this extraordinary exploration of language and experience, and see why C. D. Wright is regarded as one of the most appealing voices in contemporary poetry.