War of the Foxes: A Poetry Collection by Richard Siken

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Copper Canyon Press (paperback, 2015)

Publisher Marketing: In reviewing Richard Siken’s first book, Crush, the New York Times wrote that “his territory is [where] passion and eloquence collide and fuse.” In this long-awaited follow-up to Crush, Siken turns toward the problems of making and representation, in an unrelenting interrogation of our world of doublings. In this restless, swerving book simple questions–such as, Why paint a bird?–are immediately complicated by concerns of morality, human capacity, and the ways we look to art for meaning and purpose while participating in its–and our own–invention.

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