Map to the Stars (Penguin Poets) [Signed, Inscribed]

Adrian Matejka

ISBN 10: 0143130579 / ISBN 13: 9780143130574

Published by New York: Penguin Books, 2017

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[POETRY]. Adrian Matejka. "Map to the Stars (Penguin Poets) [Signed, Inscribed]." New York: Penguin Books, 2017. Signed and inscribed by author in ink with drawing on title page: [For Caleb - Your words are butter. I can't wait to pick up your book. Adrian Matejka]. English language. Softcover with pictorial wrappers. Collection of forty-nine poems with notes. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 6 oz. 116 pp. Shelf-wear. Text clean. Fine. ISBN: 0143130579. "'Map to the Stars,' the fourth poetry collection from National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adrian Matejka, navigates the tensions between race, geography, and poverty in America during the Reagan Era. In the time of space shuttles and the Strategic Defense Initiative, outer space is the only place equality seems possible, even as the stars serve to both guide and obscure the earthly complexities of masculinity and migration. In Matejka's poems, hope is the link between the convoluted realities of being poor and the inspiring possibilities of transcendence and escape, whether it comes from Star Trek, the dream of being one of the first black astronauts, or Sun Ra's cosmic jazz.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Map to the Stars (Penguin Poets) [Signed, Inscribed]
• Publisher: New York: Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143130579
• ISBN 13: 9780143130574
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Fine.
• Weight: 6 ounces
• Signed: ISigned by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

A resonant new collection of poetry from Adrian Matejka, author of The Big Smoke, a finalist for The Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award 

Map to the Stars, the fourth poetry collection from National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adrian Matejka, navigates the tensions between race, geography, and poverty in America during the Reagan Era. In the time of space shuttles and the Strategic Defense Initiative, outer space is the only place equality seems possible, even as the stars serve to both guide and obscure the earthly complexities of masculinity and migration. In Matejka's poems, hope is the link between the convoluted realities of being poor and the inspiring possibilities of transcendence and escape—whether it comes from Star Trek, the dream of being one of the first black astronauts, or Sun Ra's cosmic jazz.

About the Author

Adrian Matejka's most recent collection of poetry is Somebody Else Sold the World. His other books are Map to the Stars; The Big Smoke, which was the winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and a finalist for both the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize; Mixology, which was selected for the National Poetry Series; and The Devil's Garden (Alice James Books, 2003), winner of the New York / New England Award. Among Matejka's other honors are fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and United States Artists. He served as Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana in 2018-19 and lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.