Short Talks (Paperback)

WINNER OF THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

The first collection of poems by the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Short Talks is a series of profound, elegiac prose poems that touch on subjects like travel, animals, philosophy, and art, delivered with Anne Carson’s now-signature—and singular—heart and wit.

First published in 1992, the 2015 reissue features a foreword by poet Margaret Christakos, a “Short Talk on Afterwords” by Carson herself, and a new cover and design by renowned typographer Robert Bringhurst.

Anne Carson was born in Canada and teaches ancient Greek for a living. A former MacArthur Fellow, awards for her numerous books include the T.S. Eliot Prize and The Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Red Doc was recently awarded the Griffin Poetry Prize and the inaugural Folio Prize.