Why read The Sorrow Apartments?

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About Andrea Cohen’s poems, Christian Wiman has said: “One is caught off guard by their cumulative force. This is work of great and sustained attention, true intelligence, and soul.” In The Sorrow Apartments, Cohen’s eighth collection, those signature gifts are front and center, along with sly humor, relentless economy, and…

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Why read it?

2 authors picked The Sorrow Apartments as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Julia Wendell

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I love how crystalline and to the absolute point these poems are. “Where do I begin/being a minimalist?” the poet writes. These poems make me see the world in a fresh but very relatable way. “What would I/think, coming/up after/my world/had evaporated?/I’d wish/I were water."

So much said, so few words. The longing is implicit. This book is home to breathtaking lyricism–as well as narrative poems of mystery, loss, and wonder. It is a book I keep coming back to.

From Julia's list on poetry books that get at the heart of our humanity.

Julia Wendell

Author

So plainspoken. So many of the poems are like crystals--short but hold such wisdoms in them.

From Julia's 3 favorite reads in 2024.