Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Art of Losing, Edited by Kevin Young


I'll keep this short and sweet. The Art of Losing is a collection of poetry from old and new renowned poets. All of the 250 or so poems relate to the loss of a loved one, and are organized by stages of grief (not the typical "denial, anger, etc." stages, but stages like "redemption" and "remembrance"). I appreciated that there was also an index in the back that organized the poems based on what type of loved one was lost: a parent, a child, or a friend. 

After reading this volume cover to cover, I do not think I'd buy this book for my poetry collection (and I do collect poetry books, so this is saying quite a lot), but I did write down several of the poems for future reference. 

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