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Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey

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Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

Hardcover – Illustrated, September 29, 2020

Lana Del Rey

Simon & Schuster · Hardcover · September 29, 2020

Reading lane: Love Poetry

The New York Times bestselling debut book of poetry from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. “ Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many.

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Why This Clicks

Dark Lyricism

For when you want poetry that feels intimate, shaded, and a little off-center.

Come here for

  • romantic, dark lyricism
  • illustrated poems

Expect

  • love and death in close conversation
  • a distinctly contemporary American voice

Book Details

Authors
Lana Del Rey
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Published
September 29, 2020
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Love Poetry · Poetry About Death
Reading lane
Love Poetry

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Publisher Categories

  • Lives in Entertainment

  • Personal Memoirs

  • American Poetry

About This Book

The New York Times bestselling debut book of poetry from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. “ Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that re...

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The New York Times bestselling debut book of poetry from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass. “ Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I’m proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic.” — Lana Del Rey Lana’s breathtaking first book solidifies her further as “the essential writer of her times” ( The Atlantic ). The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never to Heaven, The Land of 1,000 Fires, Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving, LA Who Am I to Love You?, Tessa DiPietro, Happy, Paradise Is Very Fragile, Bare Feet on Linoleum , and many more. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lana’s typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is also brought to life in an unprecedented spoken word audiobook which features Lana Del Rey reading fourteen select poems from the book accompanied by music from Grammy Award–winning musician Jack Antonoff.

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