Calling a Wolf a Wolf (Penguin Orange Spines)

A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION

I could not be held responsible
for desire
he could not be held at all

Tracking 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 award-winning 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 collection'
FANNY HOWE

'Compelling . . . strange . . . always beautiful'
ROXANE GAY, AUTHOR OF BAD FEMINIST AND HUNGER

'Truly brilliant'
JOHN GREEN, AUTHOR OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

'A breathtaking addition to the canon of addiction literature'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (STARRED REVIEW)

O RECOMANDARE A SOCIETATII DE CARTE DE POEZIE Nu am putut fi tras la raspundere pentru dorinta, nu ar putea fi deloc urmarita Urmarind bucuriile si durerile caii prin dependenta si luptandu-se cu dorinta, mostenirea si credinta, A numi un lup un lup este debutul somptuos intunecat al premiului poet Kaveh Akbar. Acestea sunt poezii puternice si intime ale setei: pentru alcool, pentru alte corpuri, pentru cunoastere si pentru viata. „Lupta din tineretea tarzie, cu si fara Dumnezeu, agonie, narcotice si dragoste, este un chin rar inregistrat cu o asemenea elocventa sustinuta si pasiune asa cum veti gasi in aceasta colectie "FANNY HOWE".