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Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina

Dara Barrois/Dixon

Highly anticipated poems from beloved contemporary poet Dara Barrois/Dixon (née Dara Wier).

In her latest collection, Dara Barrois/Dixon brings generous attention to the things we love--be they animals, books, skyscapes, movies, poems, or other human beings--and the ways in which our stories around them help shape our sense of being.

With the same tender honesty found in all of her poetry, the poems in Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina are curious about the world we inhabit and the worlds we create. Here, with emotional exactitude, is a collection of poems that is unafraid to express "love humor despair loving kindness love humor empathy/humor joy sympathy love kindness courage."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Wave Books
  • Publish Date: Jun 21st, 2022
  • Pages: 112
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.80in - 5.40in - 0.10in - 0.30lb
  • EAN: 9781950268528
  • Categories: Women AuthorsSubjects & Themes - Death, Grief, LossSubjects & Themes - Animals & Nature

About the Author

Barrois/Dixon, Dara: - Dara Barrois/Dixon (formerly Dara Wier) is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including In the Still of the Night (Wave Books, 2017), You Good Thing (Wave Books, 2013), Selected Poems (Wave Books, 2009), among others. She teaches workshops and form and theory seminars at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and co-directs the University of Massachusetts' Juniper Initiative for Literary Arts and Action. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Praise for this book

"Her directed and charged language is a reminder of how vital and vivid poetry can be." --American Poet


"Without pedantry or obfuscation, Wier's lines cohere into a philosophical discourse about the poet's relationship with the world." --Publishers Weekly, starred review