Brad Leithauser
Old Current Hardback Book
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MacArthur Fellowshipwinning poet Brad Leithauser returns with his first new collection in more than a decade, a collection that recalls the delicacy and intimacy of his early, awardwinning volumes, and embraces the wisdom of age.As snappy as a dinner jackets red silk lining, as appealing as a piano interlude in jazz, Brad Leithausers robust felicity is a balm in grim times. Its also the perfect vehicle for nostalgia, regret, and surprise, forces that animate his first collection in more than a decade. By turns laughoutloud funny and deeply thoughtful, this collection balances wisdom and practicality, as with deft care Leithauser easily, often unexpectedly, juggles offrhymes and old forms and new.The book unfolds like a fiveact play, moving from chattier poems to dramatic denouements. In the collections two Darker sections, we meet folks learning to say goodbye, from a threeyearolds cry I love you so loud (A Young Farewell) to a reckoning with words formed FortyFive Years On. Time presses in continually. In Abroad and At Home, the author shows us himself, in younger form sixtysix, then twentyseven, catapulted back in memory to Tokyo by a single bite of food (The Old Current). Then, eight, and awed to remember the beauty of a lone jet overhead. With Updikean wordplay he recalls Porch steps, sunset a warm, gathering gloom. / Behind me, five lives two parents plus the three / Brothers with whom I share my room (A Single Flight). As Leithauser takes the measure of a world...
Binding: Hardback;80 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: DS; Weight: 396 g; Dimensions: 235 x 161 x 14
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MacArthur Fellowshipwinning poet Brad Leithauser returns with his first new collection in more than a decade, a collection that recalls the delicacy and intimacy of his early, awardwinning volumes, and embraces the wisdom of age.As snappy as a dinner jackets red silk lining, as appealing as a piano interlude in jazz, Brad Leithausers robust felicity is a balm in grim times. Its also the perfect vehicle for nostalgia, regret, and surprise, forces that animate his first collection in more than a decade. By turns laughoutloud funny and deeply thoughtful, this collection balances wisdom and practicality, as with deft care Leithauser easily, often unexpectedly, juggles offrhymes and old forms and new.The book unfolds like a fiveact play, moving from chattier poems to dramatic denouements. In the collections two Darker sections, we meet folks learning to say goodbye, from a threeyearolds cry I love you so loud (A Young Farewell) to a reckoning with words formed FortyFive Years On. Time presses in continually. In Abroad and At Home, the author shows us himself, in younger form sixtysix, then twentyseven, catapulted back in memory to Tokyo by a single bite of food (The Old Current). Then, eight, and awed to remember the beauty of a lone jet overhead. With Updikean wordplay he recalls Porch steps, sunset a warm, gathering gloom. / Behind me, five lives two parents plus the three / Brothers with whom I share my room (A Single Flight). As Leithauser takes the measure of a world...
Binding: Hardback;80 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: DS; Weight: 396 g; Dimensions: 235 x 161 x 14
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Brad Leithauser
Old Current Hardback Book
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