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Winter Stranger: Poems Kindle Edition

by Jackson Holbert (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

Winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, Jackson Holbert’s Winter Stranger is a solemn record of addiction and the divided affections we hold for the landscapes that shape us.

In the cold, seminal countryside of eastern Washington, a boy puts a bullet through his skull in a high school parking lot. An uncle crushes oxycodone into “a thousand red granules.” Hawks wheel above a dark, indifferent river. “I left that town / forever,” Holbert writes, but its bruises appear everywhere, in dreams of violent men and small stars, the ghosts of friends and pills. These poemsincite a complex emotional discourse on what it means to leave—if it’s ever actually possible, or if our roots only grow longer to accommodate the distance.

Punctuated by recollections of loved ones consumed by their addictions, Winter Stranger also questions the capricious nature of memory, and poetry’s power to tame it. “I can make it all sound so beautiful. / You’ll barely notice that underneath / this poem there is a body / decaying into the American ground.” Meanwhile, the precious realities vanish—“your hair, your ears, your hands.”—leaving behind “the fucked up / trees,” the “long, cold river.” In verse both bleak and wishful, Holbert strikes a fine balance between his poetic sensibilities and the endemic cynicism of modern life.

“It is clear now that there are no ends,” Holbert writes, “Just winters.” Though his poems bloom from hills heavy with springtime snow, his voice cuts through the cold, rich with dearly familiar longings: to not be alone, to honor our origins, to survive them.

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  1. Print length
    77 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Milkweed Editions
  4. Publication date
    June 13, 2023
  5. File size
    3.0 MB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BSFTVZ4D
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Milkweed Editions (June 13, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 13, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.0 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 77 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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  • HM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024
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  • Anne M. Wenzel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful poetry, I highly recommend a listen
    Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2024
    I purchased the Audible version of Holbert's book of poetry, and was blown away (in a good way). The poet voices his own poetry and does a great job.
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  • Sara
    5.0 out of 5 stars astounding poetry
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
    I went to a poetry reading he did at a local university yesterday and he was simply amazing. His poetry is intensely moving, witty at times, has a blend of struggle and pain but also joy in living. A huge talent! Thank you Jackson!
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