Dangerous Goods

Poems

Sean Hill

• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781571318954
• Topic: Letteratura
• Subtopic: Poesia americana

WINNER OF THE MINNESOTA BOOK AWARD

From the poet whose stunning debut was praised as "transcendent" by Kevin Young and "steadily confident" by Carl Phillips, Dangerous Goods tracks its speaker throughout North America and abroad, illuminating the ways in which home and place may inhabit one another comfortably or uncomfortably—or both, simultaneously.

From the Bahamas, London, and Cairo to Bemidji, Minnesota, and Milledgeville, Georgia, Sean Hill interweaves the contemporary with the historical, and explores with urgency the relationships among travel, migration, alienation, and home. Here, playful "postcard" poems addressed to Nostalgia and My Third Crush Today sit alongside powerful reflections on the immigration of African Americans to Liberia during and after the era of slavery. Such range and formal innovation make Hill's second collection both rare and exhilarating. Part shadowbox, part migration map, part travelogue-in-verse, Dangerous Goods is poignant, elegant, and deeply moving.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Distance Grows in the Bones
• From the Best Authorities
• What Can Come to Pass
• Bemidji Blues
• Against the Snow
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author