Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Are we living in a shitty heaven or a tender hell? How do we reconcile the horrors of lunatic politicians, white supremicists, and a dying earth with the everyday graces of making soup, picking up the kids from school, and loving our dear ones? Chris Martin picks at the tender scab of our national and individual identities, peeling back the barely cauterized tissue to take a good hard look at the way we navigate that tension. Things to Do in Hell is angry and heartbreaking, but also sophisticated, funny, and wickedly, searingly clever.
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Join Chris Martin for a poetic walking tour of hell--or is it heaven? In this wickedly clever collection, Martin asks how we go about living in the tension between protesting lunatic politicians and picking up the kids from school, mourning a dying Earth and making soup, combating white supremacy and loving our dear ones. Martin's poems pick at the tender scabs protecting our national and individual identities, and call for more honest healing. Things to Do in Hell channels 2016 anger into 2020 action with sophisticated, rhythmic verse that compels us to beat our swords into ploughshares and join the fight.
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Are we living in a shitty heaven or a tender hell? Chris Martin's poems wrestle with reconciling the shocking horrors and common graces of everyday life in America.