Lay Back the Darkness (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward Hirsch
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Children, United States or Americans, Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Literature, Fathers, Sick persons, Mysticism, Holocaust, Jewish, Concentration camps
Lay Back the Darkness is Edward Hirsch’s sixth poetry collection. His first collection, For the Sleepwalkers, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Lavan Younger Poets Award and the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award. The themes of insomnia, survival, and art are introduced in this collection. Hirsch would revisit these themes in subsequent collections. It is obvious that the poet identifies with those who struggle to find purpose in living and who refuse to give up the fight to survive. Hirsch marvels at the resiliency of humans and recognizes how hard-won the idea of...
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