For Now

Blending humor and meditation, this wide-ranging essay by the award-winning poet Eileen Myles is a candid record of the political, social, and aesthetic conditions that shaped them as a writer. It is also a thoughtful investigation into the way that writing is inescapably captive to time.

About the author

Eileen Myles is an acclaimed poet and writer who has published over twenty-two works of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and libretto. Their prizes and awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Warhol/Creative Capital grant, an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a poetry award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.

Summary

In this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work

Product details

• Authors: Eileen Myles, Myles Eileen
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780300261417
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26141-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Why I Write
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: poetry and poets