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In her latest collection,
Tosltoy Killed Anna Karenina, Dara Wier brings poems that are by turns heartbreaking and jubilant-and ultimately always gratifying.
List of contents
ContentsPart OneIf You Are Lucky
Being Nervous Is Only Human
Taking
Sunset's Sex
Comes
Where Inanimate Objects Have the Sturdiness of Intoxication Momentarily Evanesced
Telepathic Kinesis
Part TwoThings Art Can Do, Part One and Part Two
Simile for Its Own Sake
Perfect Imitation of Something Familiar
Thru
Capitalism
Waiting
During the Time You Are Deceased
A Few of the Crimes You've Committed
Against My Heart
Part ThreeWanderlust, Heartache, Nostalgia, Burning Desire
Trance of Sorrow
Dusty Rabbits in Cosmos Borders
I Feel Sorry for You Someone Said to Me
Over and Over Again
This Is What There Is
I Have a Little Extra Mercy
Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina
Notes & Evidence
Acknowledgments
About the author
Dara Barrois/Dixon (formerly Dara Wier) is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including
In the Still of the Night (Wave Books, 2017),
You Good Thing (Wave Books, 2013),
Selected Poems (Wave Books, 2009), among others. She teaches workshops and form and theory seminars at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and co-directs the University of Massachusetts’ Juniper Initiative for Literary Arts and Action. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Summary
In her latest collection, Tosltoy Killed Anna Karenina, Dara Wier brings poems that are by turns heartbreaking and jubilant—and ultimately always gratifying.
Foreword
- Digital galley and print review copy mailings to major book reviews, literary journals, and library buyers' guides.
- Author interview pitches.
- Social media campaign.
- Outreach to independent booksellers, especially in Western MA, NYC, VT, CA, and TX.
- Outreach to poetry and related literary organizations, especially Mass Poetry Festival.
- Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author events.
- Display at conferences and bookfairs, including AWP and Brooklyn Book Festival.
- Co-op available
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“Her directed and charged language is a reminder of how vital and vivid poetry can be.” —American Poet
"Without pedantry or obfuscation, Wier’s lines cohere into a philosophical discourse about the poet’s relationship with the world." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
