Cain Named the Animal: Poems

by Shane McCrae

Book Overview

A prophetic new collection of poems from Shane McCrae, "a shrewd composer of American stories (Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker)

Writing you I give the death I take
I know I should feel wounded by your death
I write to you to make a wound write back

Shane McCrae fashions a world of endings and infinites in Cain Named the Animal. With cyclical, rhythmic lines that create and re-create images...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374607842
• ISBN13: 9780374607845
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"