Not Even This
Poetry, parenthood and living uncertainly
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2022
Corsair (Verlag)
978-1-4721-5607-5 (ISBN)
Corsair (Verlag)
978-1-4721-5607-5 (ISBN)
In this book-length lyric essay, a father and poet reflects on how the birth of his daughter at a time of global existential crisis inspired him to rediscover the importance of poetry as a form of understanding and living with uncertainty
'[A] clever, cosmic, moving and funny parenting physics and poetry adventure . . . It's wonderful' Max Porter via Twitter
'Clear, nimble and dexterous' Ocean Vuong
'It's a magical book. An incantation to be fully present, fully concerned, fully alive' Luke Kennard
With the birth of his first child, poet Jack Underwood is confronted anew by the panic of living in a time of unparalleled global uncertainty. Even as he holds his baby daughter, the question of how to survive it all seems more fragile and fraught than ever.
Addressing both his daughter and his readers, in Not Even This Underwood takes a nimble journey through various encounters with uncertainty, touching on questions of time, poetry, climate change, physics, economics and the serious business of Being Silly. Gradually, he and his daughter show each other what it takes to get by - how attentiveness and language are tools with which we can discover a realm of shared intimacy, hope and trust.
Part memoir, part poem, part love letter to a daughter and to all new parents, Not Even This is a delightful and delicate book about how to live now - thrilling, terrifying, fundamental.
'[A] clever, cosmic, moving and funny parenting physics and poetry adventure . . . It's wonderful' Max Porter via Twitter
'Clear, nimble and dexterous' Ocean Vuong
'It's a magical book. An incantation to be fully present, fully concerned, fully alive' Luke Kennard
With the birth of his first child, poet Jack Underwood is confronted anew by the panic of living in a time of unparalleled global uncertainty. Even as he holds his baby daughter, the question of how to survive it all seems more fragile and fraught than ever.
Addressing both his daughter and his readers, in Not Even This Underwood takes a nimble journey through various encounters with uncertainty, touching on questions of time, poetry, climate change, physics, economics and the serious business of Being Silly. Gradually, he and his daughter show each other what it takes to get by - how attentiveness and language are tools with which we can discover a realm of shared intimacy, hope and trust.
Part memoir, part poem, part love letter to a daughter and to all new parents, Not Even This is a delightful and delicate book about how to live now - thrilling, terrifying, fundamental.
Jack Underwood is an award-winning poet, writer and critic. First published as part of the Faber New Poets series in 2009, he is author of two collections of poetry, Happiness (Faber, 2015) and A Year in the New Life (Faber, 2021). He is senior lecturer in creative writing at Goldsmiths College and Not Even This is his debut book of non-fiction.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.05.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 124 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 160 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4721-5607-2 / 1472156072 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4721-5607-5 / 9781472156075 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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