"His territory is [where] passion and eloquence collide and fuse.'—The New York
Times
"Richard Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a
cinematic brilliance and urgency."—Huffington Post
Richard Siken's debut, Crush, won the Yale Younger Poets' Prize, sold over
20,000 copies, and earned him a devoted fan-base. In this much-anticipated
second book, Richard Siken seeks definite answers to indefinite questions: what
it means to be called to make—whether it is a self, love, war, or art—and what
it means to answer that call. In poems equal parts contradiction and clarity,
logic and dream, Siken tells the modern world an unforgettable fable about
itself.
The Museum
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