![]() He’s a shaman conjuring long repetitive lines, cadences of looking across the sea towards Africa and haunted by the legacy of slavery and racism, or of remembering fellow conjurers, poets and musical artists, celebrating, always celebrating, but never only that. In an attempt to find meaning in a life-ending right before his eyes, Hopler squares off against monsters real and imagined, personal and historical, and tries not to flinch. The result of that labor is Still Life, a collection of poems that are heartbreaking, terrifying, and deeply, darkly hilarious. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDĬonfronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Jay Hopler – author of the National Book Award-finalist The Abridged History of Rainfall – got to work. Reading Time: 3 minutes Top Ten Poetry Books of the Year Make sure to add these best of 2022 books to your #tbrpile □īEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND TIME MAGAZINE ![]()
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