Exit Opera (Poems) - 9781324130659
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Product Details
Author:
Kim Addonizio
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
112
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company (May 19, 2026)
Imprint:
W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date:
May 19, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781324130659
Weight:
4.56oz
Dimensions:
6.1" x 8.3" x 0.4"
File:
-NortonNorton_042526-20260426.xml
List Price:
$19.99
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
48
As low as:
$15.39
Publisher Identifier:
P-WWN
Discount Code:
B
ISBN-10:
1324130652
Country of Origin:
United States
Overview
Set in locations from dive bars to Montparnasse Cemetery, from an ancient Greek temple to a tourist shop in Assisi, Exit Opera explores the ever-vexing issues of time, mortality, love, and loss, and considers the roles of art and human connection. Whatever their nominal subject—jazz, zombies, Buddhism, Siberian tigers—these poems make for a compelling mix of humor and pain, difficulty and solace. In a nod to Keats, one of the many fellow travelers in these poems, Addonizio invites us to “[inscribe] a few verses on whatever water / you can find” and assures readers that they are not alone in navigating the challenges and changes of mortal life. As she writes in “My Opera”:
The staging is difficult. Exploding starsare involved, high-redshift galaxies, interior chambers,
a little country blues, a little jazz guitar, a jam jar containing
a tiny ocean & a tinier rowboat rocking gently in the swells
that I am steering toward you in the dark.
