Results for "Laird, Nick"

One of NPR's "Books We Love" in 2023 Acclaimed poet Nick Laird reflects on the strange and chaotic times we live in with singular precision, clarity, and daring. Reeling in the face of collapsing systems, of politics, identity, and the banalities and distortions of modern living, Nick Laird confron... Read More about Up Late: Poems

This back-to-school season, individuality is in! Nothing makes a splash like being uniquely yourself—and celebrating what makes you different.From acclaimed authors Zadie Smith and Nick Laird, with art from exciting newcomer Magenta Fox, comes a powerful picture book debut!"[A] delightful tale for l... Read More about The Surprise

Danny Williams didn't mean to be a lawyer, but somehow he is -- and for up to eighteen hours a day. He's well paid, home owning, and twenty-seven but is also overworked, lonely, and frequently stoned. The plan was to leave the troubles of a small town in Northern Ireland for the big city in England,... Read More about Utterly Monkey: A Novel

A wonderful collection from one of England's best-loved poets One of the most admired poets of his day, A.E. Housman wrote poems that conjure a potent and idyllic rural world imbued with a poignant sense of loss. Expressed in simple rhythms, they show a fine ear for the subtleties of meter and allit... Read More about A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems: The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman

This is a highly personal selection of photographs amassed by Mary McCartney, oldest child of The Beatles singer Paul McCartney. As the title suggests, it's split into two volumes: one for color and one for black and white images. The book shows McCartney's love for quiet, intimate moments off the b... Read More about Mary McCartney - Monochrome & Colour

Shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize “Nick Laird’s dazzling poems arrive with a kind of revolutionary candor; a truth-telling that’s political, existential, and above all, emotional.… Feel Free is essential poetry.”—Terrance Hayes Feel Free, the fourth collection from acclaimed poet Nick Lair... Read More about Feel Free: Poems