Winner of the James Laughlin Award
Brenda Shaughnessy's Human Dark with Sugar revisits and modernizes the classic themes that have inspired generations of poets: Love. Loss. Sex. Rejection. Pain. Time. Exploring the strange wonder that is perception, Shaughnessy pressures language and holds nothing back; her poems encompass states such as tenderness, devotion, resignation, bitterness, and rage. Shaughnessy masters internal rhymes and surprising rhythms—her poetry is at once improvisational, impeccably controlled, and highly refined.
On selecting Brenda Shaughnessy's collection for the James Laughlin Award, along with co-jurors Peter Gizzi and Matthea Harvey, Caroline Knox said:"In Human Dark with Sugar the speaker's voice brims with verve, rueful good humor, and self-knowledge: 'To be wise is simply to be understood, even missed.'"
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