Eros the BittersweetAnne Carson Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time A book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, creating a lyrical meditation in the

winner of the 2020 Pulitzer prize in poetry

cry without knowing why

the house invites us to say: I will be a citizen of the world despite the world

filosofische vraagstukken en het (on)vermogen van woorden

banal forms of time travel

die vrouwenlevens

Nor did he think that conventional approaches to storytelling or lyrical composition could capture the complexities of human behavior or personal and national identity

personal narrative

Emma Goldman

At the heart of Bitter English is a sense of loss

its sprawling poems build towards an expansive world celebrating fluidity while casting a critical lens on state power

Mia You attempts to build a vocabulary for attending to and grieving both living and non-living things without reinforcing modern valorizations of individual property and personhood