Edgar Kunz è l'autore della raccolta di poesie Tap Out. Il suo lavoro, riconosciuto con borse di studio e premi, approfondisce temi di identità, luogo e perdita con penetrante onestà. Scrive con linguaggio preciso e immagini vivide, guidando il lettore in una profonda introspezione. La sua poesia offre una prospettiva unica sull'esperienza contemporanea.
A fierce debut collection from NEA and Stegner fellow Edgar Kunz spare and
intimate narrative poems that sprawl between oxys and Bitcoin, crossing the
country restlessly as they struggle to reconcile a troubled young adulthood
with the working poor New England of his youth
From the author of the award-winning and 'gritty, insightful debut' (Washington Post) Tap Out, Edgar Kunz's sophomore collection of poetry rolls up its sleeves to reckon with legacies of labor and the question of worth in a system built on exploitation. Fixer pairs love poems with elegies. Through the untimely death of his father, a handyman and addict, through first loves and lasting loves, Kunz asks what it costs, exactly, to build lives and relationships together. And is it possible to untether this work from the demands of daily survival? With lyrical yet accessible vignettes, expertly weaving melancholia and humor, Kunz brings the reader on a journey across the country, and through American late capitalism, that is both damning and brimming with hope.