A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2018I could not be held responsiblefor desirehe could not be held at allTracking the joys and pains of the path through addiction, and wrestling with desire, inheritance and faith, Calling a Wolf a Wolf is the darkly sumptuous debut from awardwinning poet Kaveh Akbar. These are powerful, intimate poems of thirst for alcohol, for other bodies, for knowledge and for life.The struggle from late youth on, with and without God, agony, narcotics and love, is a torment rarely recorded with such sustained eloquence and passion as you will find in this collectionFANNY HOWECompelling . . . strange . . . always beautiful ROXANE GAY, AUTHOR OF BAD FEMINIST AND HUNGERTruly brilliantJOHN GREEN, AUTHOR OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARSA breathtaking addition to the canon of addiction literaturePUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)

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