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| Author | Carl Phillips |
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| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 2022 |
| Publication place | United States of America |
| ISBN | 9780374603762 |
Then the War: and Selected Poems, 2007-2020 is a collection of poems byCarl Phillips published in 2022 byFarrar, Straus and Giroux. The collection won the2023Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.[1] The collection begins with new poems but includes portions of his lyric memoir,Among the Trees.[2] The book also contains selections from several of Phillip's former poetry collections, specificallySpeak Low,Double Shadow,Silverchest,Reconnaissance,Wild is the Wind,Pale Colors in a Tall Field,Star Map with Action Figures.
The poems of the collection, outside of the lyric-prose memoir section, can be described as a mix offree verse andprose poems. The collection circles themes of sexuality and nature.[3]
Then the War has received almost universal praise from book reviewers.[2][4][5][6]