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The twentieth-anniversary edition of the influential first poetry collection by Richard Siken An Atlantic choice for "Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)" Since winning the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, Crush has become a modern classic. This twentieth-anniversary edition includes a... Read More
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The twentieth-anniversary edition of the influential first poetry collection by Richard Siken

An Atlantic choice for "Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)"

Since winning the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, Crush has become a modern classic. This twentieth-anniversary edition includes a new introduction by award-winning poet Dana Levin and a new afterword by the author.

Series: Yale Series of Younger Poets

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780300288698

Publisher: Yale University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 January 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Yale University Press

Edition: Twentieth Anniversary Edition

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Dana Levin
  • Foreword by Louise Gluck

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 191.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 96

About the Author

Richard Siken is a poet, painter, and filmmaker. He is the author of War of the Foxes and of the National Book Award finalist I Do Know Some Things. Siken lives in Tucson, AZ. Louise Glück was a Nobel Prize–winning poet and the judge of the Yale Series of Younger Poets from 2003 to 2010. Dana Levin is a poet and essayist who teaches at Maryville University and Bennington College. She lives in St. Louis, MO.

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