My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge: Poems

Guest, Paul

ISBN 10: 0061685194 / ISBN 13: 9780061685194

Published by Ecco, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge: Poems
• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061685194
• ISBN 13: 9780061685194
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge is a fierce and original collection—its generosity of voice and emotional range announce the arrival of a major new poet.

At the age of twelve, Paul Guest suffered a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed for life. But out of sudden disaster evolved a fierce poetic sensibility—one that blossomed into a refuge for all the grief, fury, and wonder at life forever altered. Although its legacy lies in tragedy, the voice of these brilliant poems cuts a broad swath of emotions: whether he is lamenting the potentiality of physical experience or imagining the electric temptations of sexuality, Guest offers us a worldview that is unshakable in its humanity.

About the Author

Paul Guest is the author of three poetry collections, The Resurrection of the Body and the Ruin of the World, which won the 2002 New Issues Prize in Poetry; Notes for My Body Double, which won the 2006 Prairie Schooner Book Prize; and My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge. The recipient of a 2007 Whiting Award, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.