American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form.

Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares. Inventive, compassionate, hilarious, melancholy, and bewildered the wonders of this new collection are irreducible and stunning. (From Penguin Books)

Terrance Hayes is an American poet and teacher. He won the National Book Award for poetry for his 2010 collectionLightheadand was a recipient of a MacArthur"genius"grantfellowship in 2014.

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