A poetic exploration of life amid intimate losses.In
Museum of the Soon to Depart, poet Andy Young searches for her place in history as it unfolds around her through revolution, plague, and natural disaster. As curator of her museum, she navigates her own and others’ suffering through intense observation, from the inner mechanisms of grief and illness to the solace of distance provided by photography. The material of the poet’s own life and events on the world stage intertwine, resulting in poems with a staggering range, inhabiting language in ways that ultimately point to its limits.
Andy Youngteaches creative writing at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Her work has been translated into several languages, featured in classical and electronic music, in flamenco and modern dance performances, and in jewelry, tattoos, and public buses.
"A haunting, powerful collection that pulls readers headfirst into a blend of personal pain and a world on fire,Museum of the Soon to Departis, without a doubt, a commanding book of poetry. The poems land like gut punches, but if Andy Young is brave enough to bear witness to such turmoil across so many landscapes, readers should be brave enough to bear witness to this museum she creates."
“The complexity of language and vision is utterly arresting. I couldn't put this glorious book down.”
"Andy Young is a New Orleans based poet whose super power is to explore mortality, morbidity, grief, and death with poems in expressive and powerful language that allow us to traverse her collectionMuseum of the Soon to Departas fellow travelers journeying the realms between living and dying. Young’s work locates the body and spirit of two deltas: one in America, the other in Egypt. Land and water hold tokens of human creativity, depravity, fear, and love allowing a range of artists to create works that inspire her and curló‡
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