false 96259 2 Richard Siken's <i>Crush</i>, selected as this years winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful collection of poems driven by obsession. Siken writes with ferocity, and his reader hurtles unstoppably with him. His poetry is confessional, gay, savage, and charged with violent eroticism.<br><br>In her introduction to the book, competition judge Louise Glück hails the cumulative, driving, apocalyptic power, [and] purgatorial recklessness of Siken's poems. She notes, "Books of this kind dream big. . . . They restore to poetry that sense of crucial moment and crucial utterance which may indeed be the great genius of the form." 92779 11 4 2005 Crush (Yale Series of Younger Poets) total:495|5:308|4:140|3:45|2:2|1:0| 495 2239 709 75 5 3 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 12 17:18:50 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 17:19:29 -0700 2007 Crush, his first book which also won the Yale Young Poets' award in 2004, is one of he most complete works of poetry I've come across in years.

He uses the pacing of his long line to slow time, and create a darker atmosphere within the verse, where shadows move from walls and cre...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 02 07:15:18 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 10:04:36 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Wed Feb 25 11:07:26 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 10:45:48 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 11:07:26 -0800 2009
I think I will start reading lots of confessional, juicy, intense poetry on the subway. Next up - Sharon Olds!]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 12:35:20 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 11:25:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jun 15 10:34:16 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 10:37:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 06 05:19:03 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 05:27:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 03 14:10:13 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 03 18:43:36 -0800 2007 5 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 11 11:29:41 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 11:33:50 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 15:00:30 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 15:34:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 18 19:46:57 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 04 22:47:49 -0800 2009 Sat Jul 18 19:46:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 22:03:26 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 22:20:15 -0700 2008 3 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Jun 01 21:57:10 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 21:57:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 05 01:21:40 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 01:21:40 -0800 2008
Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake
and dress them in warm clothes again.
How it was late, and no one could sleep, the horses running
Until they forget that they are horses.
I...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 20:56:48 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 06:01:11 -0700 2007 I swallow your heart and it crawls right out of my mouth.

I didn’...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 20:44:07 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 10:26:33 -0800 2007 I have to say, I learned quite a bit about poetry from this collection, not to mention the extent to whi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Jan 17 10:26:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 10:30:39 -0800 2009 Crush; I don't think anyone can say they know me unless they've read it.]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 12:23:07 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 11:28:44 -0800 2008 Litany in Which Certain Things Are Crossed Out. It could be my favorite poem ever. Read it.
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