The Birthday of the Dead
The Birthday of the Dead by Rachel Abramowitz is a debut collection of poems published by Conduit Books & Ephemera in 2022. This edition, comprising 68 pages, presents a reimagination of the fable that explores themes of death, grief, and loss. The work is characterized by its stark and intimate tone, blending elements of humor and darkness to evoke a range of emotions.
Readers will find a diverse array of poetic expressions that are both accessible and thought-provoking. The collection is noted for its visceral imagery and unique performance style, allowing the poems to resonate on multiple levels. With a focus on the complexities of human experience, The Birthday of the Dead invites contemplation on profound subjects while maintaining a sense of playfulness.
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Winner of the Fourth Annual Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize
A deft reimagination of the fable, THE BIRTHDAY OF THE DEAD is dark, rich, and immediately accessible, capable of conjuring tears, laughs, and both earth-shattering and life-affirming revelations. Selected by Bob Hicok, THE BIRTHDAY OF THE DEAD won the fourth annual Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize.
Debut collection of poems that is stark, bleak, funny, bizarre, lacerating, totemic, intimate, dark, raw-boned, metal, viscerality, play, violence, constellate, rather than say speaks through and for, rather than discloses, performs rather than knows.
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