Love and Other Poems is full of praise for the world we live in.
Taking time as an overarching structure - specifically,the twelve months of the year - Alex Dimitrov elevates the everyday,and speaks directly to the reader as if the poem were a phone call or a text message.
From the personal to the cosmos,the moon to New York City,the speaker is convinced that love is'our best invention'. Dimitrov never resists joy,even in despair. These poems are curious about who we are as people and shamelessly interested in hope.
Publisher: Little,Brown Book GroupISBN: 9781472157188Number of pages: 128Weight: 140 gDimensions: 214 x 134 x 16 mm
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'If hope were an object,it would be Alex Dimitrov's Love and Other Poems'- NPR
'Love and Other Poems has felt like a long-awaited remedy'- New York Times
'It's the kind of surprise that makes you smile and nod,like catching a glimpse of the full moon in the middle of the day'- BOMB Magazine
'Full of fierce astonishment'- O,The Oprah Magazine
'In this affecting collection,his most fully achieved thus far,Dimitrov provides the reader with a needed celebration of pleasures'- Publishers Weekly,starred review
'highly pleasurable,heavily Frank O'Hara-influenced collection in love with moments and New York City and the aesthetics of cyclical ephemerality,full of exuberance and wistfulness,longing and joy'- New York Times
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