Tropic of Squalor Poems

A new volume of poetry from the New York Times bestselling and esteemed author of The Liar's Club and Lit. Long before she earned accolades for her genre-defining memoirs, Mary Karr was winning poetry prizes. Now the beloved author returns with a collection of bracing poems as visceral and deeply felt and hilarious as her memoirs. In Tropic of Squalor , Karr dares to address the numinous--that mystery some of us hope towards in secret, or maybe dare to pray to. The "squalor" of meaninglessness that every thoughtful person wrestles with sits at the core of human suffering, and Karr renders it with power--illness, death, love's agonized disappointments. Her brazen verse calls us out of our psychic swamplands and into that hard-won awareness of the divine hiding in the small moments that make us human. In a single poem she can generate tears, horror, empathy, laughter, and peace. She never preaches. But whether you're an adamant atheist, a pilgrim, or skeptically curious, these poems will urge you to find an inner light in the most baffling hours of darkness.

Summary

A new volume of poetry from the New York Times bestselling and esteemed author of The Liar’s Club and Lit.
Long before she earned accolades for her genre-defining memoirs, Mary Karr was winning poetry prizes. Now the beloved author returns with a collection of bracing poems as visceral and deeply felt and hilarious as her memoirs.
 In Tropic of Squalor, Karr dares to address the numinous—that mystery some of us hope towards in secret, or maybe dare to pray to. The "squalor" of meaninglessness that every thoughtful person wrestles with sits at the core of human suffering, and Karr renders it with power—illness, death, love’s agonized disappointments. Her brazen verse calls us out of our psychic swamplands and into that hard-won awareness of the divine hiding in the small moments that make us human. In a single poem she can generate tears, horror, empathy, laughter, and peace. She never preaches. But whether you’re an adamant atheist, a pilgrim, or skeptically curious, these poems will urge you to find an inner light in the most baffling hours of darkness.

• Confessional Poetry: From the celebrated memoirist of The Liar’s Club, these poems are just as unflinching and intensely personal, tackling everything from family trauma to the psych ward.
• Visceral Verse: Karr confronts the grit of human experience—illness, addiction, and death—with a brazen, clear-eyed power that never preaches but always bears witness.
• Dark Humor: Find laughter in the most unexpected places, from the absurdities of the literary world to the frank, funny, and sometimes profane conversations with God.
• A Search for Faith: Perfect for the skeptic, the believer, and the seeker alike, these poems wrestle with doubt and dare to find the divine hiding in the wreckage of ordinary life.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Karr
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.04.2020
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9780062699831
• ISBN: 978-0-06-269983-1
• Pages: 96
• Dimensions (packing): 14 x 21 x 0.6 cm
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