Poets House
Soho - New York:
Literary Partners Program: Book Party for LOVE IN THE LAST DAYS by D. Nurkse
Event Location:
Free and Open to the Public
LOVE IN THE LAST DAYS, a new poetry book by D. Nurkse, just out from Knopf, is a verse re-telling of the Tristan and Iseult story: lovers, monsters, prisons, a mad king--contemporary echoes are intentional. You're invited to a party, brief readings, bread, wine, friendship, and a celebration in the spirit of Roethke's line "in a dark time the eye begins to see."
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