Description
In her latest book, NEW LIFE, Lambda Award–winning poet Ana Božičević writes poems that are by turns cheeky and heartfelt, grounded and wistful, and above all—surprising.
In her latest book, NEW LIFE, Lambda Award–winning poet Ana Božičević writes, “For my birthday I want a cake/revealing the color of my soul.” Never saccharine, these poems are by turns cheeky and heartfelt, grounded and wistful, and above all—surprising. New Life is a book that is Dantesque in its ability to commune with the dead without becoming fixed in the past. Instead, the poems here have a distinct sense of nonlinear time, where each line feels like an ancient bone discovered, only to be reassembled into a chimera of another self. In this way, Božičević continually greets herself as a stranger, reminding us that in some respects every poem is a love poem.
“Božičević’s determination to expose the unsettling truths of her own desire—her own materialism, sexuality, and shame—makes for a collection that is all the more stunning for its willingness to place its author between the crosshairs of her poems.” —starred review for RISE IN THE FALL, Publishers Weekly
Poetry. LGBTQ+ Studies. Women’s Studies.
Author Bio
Ana Božičević grew up in Zadar, Croatia before coming to Brooklyn, New York. Ana is a poet, translator, teacher, and occasional singer. She is the author of Povratak lišća / Return of the Leaves, Selected Poems in Croatian (Hrvatsko Društvo Pisaca/Croatian Writers Society, 2020); JOY OF MISSING OUT (Birds, LLC, 2017); the Lambda Award-winning RISE IN THE FALL (Birds, LLC, 2013), and STARS OF THE NIGHT COMMUTE (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2009).
Author City: BROOKLYN, NY USA