Name: My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge
ISBN: 9780061685194

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Who It's For

Readers drawn to emotionally wide-ranging poetry about grief and wonderGood for readers interested in poems exploring physical experience and sexuality

Book Details

Authors: Paul Guest
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: April 6, 2010
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Poetry About Death · Family Poems
Reading lane: Poetry About Death

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Short Story Anthologies
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Feminist Fiction
FICTION / Disability
Essay Collections
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About This Book

My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge is a fierce and original collection—its generosity of voice and emotional range announce the arrival of a major new poet. At the age of twelve, Paul Guest suffered a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed for life. But out of sudden disaster evolved a fierce poetic sensibility—one that blossomed into a refuge for all the grief, fury, and wonder at life forever altered. Although its legacy lies in tragedy, the voice of these brillia...

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My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge is a fierce and original collection—its generosity of voice and emotional range announce the arrival of a major new poet. At the age of twelve, Paul Guest suffered a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed for life. But out of sudden disaster evolved a fierce poetic sensibility—one that blossomed into a refuge for all the grief, fury, and wonder at life forever altered. Although its legacy lies in tragedy, the voice of these brilliant poems cuts a broad swath of emotions: whether he is lamenting the potentiality of physical experience or imagining the electric temptations of sexuality, Guest offers us a worldview that is unshakable in its humanity.