Bright Shade (APR/Honickman First Book Prize)

Winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Award, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winner Jericho Brown Bright Shade is an appreciation of the wild woods, the rolling hills, the Appalachian air, and the little rivers that were the setting of Chelsea Harlan's upbringing. The poems speak through the liminal space between the body and its relationships to other bodies, and the human relationship with nature--and so climate change is, inevitably, part of this book's undercurrent of grief. As the author navigates the high highs and the low lows of manic depression, Bright Shade articulates the wonder that accompanies sadness and the sadness that accompanies joy. Chelsea Harlan's work is humorous, indeed bittersweet (bright / shade), and a little strange in exactly the right way.

Author: Chelsea Harlan

Publisher: Copper Canyon Press

Publication Date: Oct 04, 2022

Number of Pages: 96 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Poetry

ISBN-10: 0986093866

ISBN-13: 9780986093869