An utterly unique collection composed by the award-winning poet and writer, a global anthology of pieces from lesser-known classics by luminaries like Franz Kafka, Samuel R. Delany, and Gwendolyn Brooks to up-and-coming writers that examine pathos and feeling, giving a well-timed rehab to the word pathetic

Literature is pathetic. So claims Eileen Myles in their provocative and robust introduction toPathetic Literature, a breathtaking mishmash of pieces ranging from poems to theater scripts to prose to anything in between, all exploring the so-called pathetic or awkwardly-felt moments and revelations around which lives are both built and undone.

Format: Hardcover
Published: US, 2022
Publisher: Grove Pr
Pages: 688
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780802157157
ISBN 10: 0802157157