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When tragedy strikes, so many people respond with \"I have no words.\" The job of the poet is to show us that we DO have the words. How do you reply to grief without merely saying \"\"I'm sorry\"\"? Victoria Chang's Obit is the most beautiful treatise on loss. She manages to capture various endings (life, memory, the world surrounding both) with an understanding that keeps us moving forward. To suffer the loss of a parent is universal. The actual experience is so deeply personal. Victoria Chang guides us between both worlds.
The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020
Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020
NPR's Best Books of 2020
National Book Award in Poetry, Longlist
Frank Sanchez Book Award
After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief during a feverish two weeks by writing scores of poetic obituaries for all she lost in the world. In Obit, Chang writes of “the way memory gets up after someone has died and starts walking.” These poems reinvent the for...
Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020
NPR's Best Books of 2020
National Book Award in Poetry, Longlist
Frank Sanchez Book Award
After her mother died, poet Victoria Chang refused to write elegies. Rather, she distilled her grief during a feverish two weeks by writing scores of poetic obituaries for all she lost in the world. In Obit, Chang writes of “the way memory gets up after someone has died and starts walking.” These poems reinvent the for...