The winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, now in paperback
3 Sections
Poems
- Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
First I had three
apocalyptic visions, each more terrible than the last.
The graves open, and the sea rises to kill us all.
Then the doorbell rang, and I went downstairs and signed for two packages—
—from “This Morning”
apocalyptic visions, each more terrible than the last.
The graves open, and the sea rises to kill us all.
Then the doorbell rang, and I went downstairs and signed for two packages—
—from “This Morning”
In an array of poetic forms from the rhyming lyric to the philosophical meditation to the prose essay, 3 Sections confronts perplexing divisions of contemporary life—a wayward history, an indeterminate future, and a perpetual longing to out-think time. This is a vital book by one of America’s best poets.
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About the Author
Credit: Beowolf Sheehan
Upcoming Events
Graywolf at 45: Poetry reading co-sponsored by the Poetry Society of America
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National Arts Club in New York, NYview map
A poetry reading featuring Catherine Barnett (Human Hours), Ilya Kaminsky (Deaf Republic), Layli Long Soldier (WHEREAS), Vijay Seshadri (3 Sections), and Monica Youn (Blackacre). Co-sponsored by the Poetry Society of America and hosted by PSA Executive Director Alice Quinn.
Free and open to the public, with reception to follow.
Praise
- “Confront[s] contemporary dilemmas with caustic humor.”—The New Yorker
- “Deft yet direct, often funny and yet alert to existential quandries, this third outing . . . could be the most versatile, as well as one of the most successful, volumes this year.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
- “[Seshadri] is so talented, so able, and writes with such panache.”—Booklist
- “An extraordinary naked modern consciousness, an intensely experienced dislocation, a beautiful intelligence: Seshadri's poetry is exhilarating.”—Jonathan Franzen
