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Selected by Patricia Smith as winner of the 2018 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, Matt Morton's Poulin Prize-winning debut poetry collection Improvisation without Accompaniment reaches for meaning in the transience of life.
These lyric poems follow the rhythms of life for a young man coming-of-age in rural Texas. As the speaker wrestles with his father's terminal illness and the gradual loss of his religious beliefs, he journeys toward a deeper self-awareness and discovers a fuller palette of life's pains and pleasures. As the changing seasons of small-town Texas life give way to surprise encounters in distant cities, his awareness of mortality grows even as he improvises an affirming response to life's toughest questions.
Poignant, searching, and earnestly philosophical, Improvisation without Accompaniment embraces uncertainty with a spirit of joyous playfulness.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Morton, Matt
- ISBN: 9781942683957
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.90 x 0.30
- Number Of Pages: 88
- Publication Year: 2020