Summary
Now in paperback, this stunning collection of elegies–a finalist for the National Book Award–bears witness to the small beauties and inevitable losses of our transient life.Now in paperback, this stunning collection of elegies–a finalist for the National Book Award–bears witness to the small beauties and inevitable losses of our transient life.Elegy for a Broken Machine is a son’s lament for his father. It takes us from the luminous world of childhood to the fluorescent glare of operating roo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780804172943 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0804172943 |
| Author: | Patrick Phillips |
| Publisher: | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Imprint: | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 136g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 150mm x 8mm |
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About The Author
Patrick Phillips
PATRICK PHILLIPS is the author of two previous poetry collections, Boy and Chattahoochee, a work of nonfiction, Blood at the Root- A Racial Cleansing in America, and is translator of When We Leave Each Other- Selected Poems by the Danish writer Henrik Nordbrandt. His honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, a Pushcart Prize, and the Lyric Poetry Award from the Poetry Society of America. Phillips lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches at Drew University.
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