A Better Life

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Poems

By Randall Mann

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A Better Life by Randall Mann delves into the complex experiences of a gay, multiracial speaker navigating the turbulent space between childhood's fluorescent decay and the transactional interactions of midlife in the digital age. Known for blending raw, poignant themes with formal poetic mastery, Mann offers a collection that captures the pulse of modern life with haunting rhymes and rhythms.
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry that explores LGBTQ+ themes, racial identity, and the nuances of modern life with emotional insight and formal elegance.

From “a writer of breathtaking honesty” (David Ulin, LA Times), gorgeous new poems that are satirical, open-hearted, and unrepentantly queer.

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In his poetry, at once boisterous and lubed, anxious and ambivalent (Kenyon Review), Randall Mann has always had his finger on the pulse of modern life.

In his liminal new book of poetry, a gay, multiracial they called me yellow in Lexington speaker exists in the rift between the fluorescent rot of childhood and the action; / transaction of a sex-app midlife.

The author of Straight Razor and Proprietary, Mann has long been admired for merging raw subject matter with formal ease. A Better Life shows him at the height of his gifts, in the clipped, haunting truth of its rhymes and rhythms.

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Praised by Jericho Brown as "a beautiful book of history taken down to the scale of one," and described by Chen Chen as "sexually witty and existentially hilarious," A Better Life is celebrated for its elegiac depth and musicality. Publishers Weekly highlights its inventive rhyme and structure, tackling themes of obsession and pain. Foreword Reviews commends Mann's interrogation of American life beyond mainstream norms, marked by humour and rhythm. The book has also been recognised by Lambda Literary as one of the most anticipated LGBTQ titles.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780892555314

Publisher: Persea Books Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 April 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Persea Books Inc

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 130g

Pages: 96

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Randall Mann

About the Author

Randall Mann is the author of Complaint in the Garden (2004), which won the Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry; Breakfast with Thom Gunn (2009), finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry and the California Book Award; Straight Razor (2013), finalist for the Lambda Literary Award; and Proprietary (2017) a finalist for the Northern California Book Award and Lambda Literary Award. He is also the author of a book of criticism, The Illusion of Intimacy: On Poetry (2019), as well as co-author of the textbook Writing Poems (2007). He lives in San Francisco.