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| Author | Frank Bidart |
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| Audio read by | Frank Bidart |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | August 15, 2017 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages | 736 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2018) National Book Award for Poetry (2017) |
| ISBN | 978-0-374-12595-0 (hardcover) |
| OCLC | 1033476114 |
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| LC Class | PS3552.I33 2017 |
Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 is a 2017 poetry collection byFrank Bidart. It was published byFarrar, Straus and Giroux on August 15, 2017.Half-light is a comprehensive book of Bidart's poetry, collecting all of his previous collections as well as a new volume,Thirst (2016).[1]
The collection won the2018Pulitzer Prizefor Poetry.[2] Judges of the prize called the book "a volume of unyielding ambition and remarkable scope that mixes long dramatic poems with short elliptical lyrics, building on classical mythology and reinventing forms of desires that defy societal norms."[3] The collection also won the 2017National Book Awardfor Poetry.[4]
Publishers Weekly called it "an almost overwhelming bounty, a permanent book".[5]
Elizabeth Lund ofThe Washington Post called it a "monumental work" and praised Bidart's storytelling ability.[6]
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