Advice from the Lights - by Stephanie Burt (Paperback)
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<p>"<i>Advice From the Lights</i> triumphs at its most plainspoken, in the thrilling sequence of 'Stephanie' poems, their speakers curious and playful. . . . The collection's self-scrutiny is sometimes painful but rendered with formal grace, often with the satisfaction of rhyme. Burt's intricate poems enact an experience of yearning that is emotional and also political."<b>--<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b></p><p>"For all its insights into trans experience, <i>Advice from the Lights</i> is the brightest and most inviting of Burt's collections for readers of any, all, and no genders."<b>--<i>Boston Review</i></b></p><p>"Burt's year-by-year cataloging gives <i>Advice from the Lights</i> an immediacy within its nostalgia, a compelling ars poetica of self."<b>--<i>The Millions</i></b></p><p>"Deft, bubbly, poised, polished, consistently witty, affecting an air of light verse, very composed. . . . I am sure those readers who already admire her work will enjoy <i>Advice From The Lights</i> hugely. But I also think this book has the potential to speak movingly to a trans audience, and I hope it finds one."<b>--<i>Lambda Literary</i></b></p><p>"Curiously and courageously, Burt keeps saving us by making poems that are small cultural changes. . . . Poems about the speaker's young years are funny and sweet even though Burt is always making a fist--but don't be scared--when it opens only magic silk scarves and white doves fly out."<b>--<i>Washington Independent Review of Books</i></b></p><p>"<i>Advice from the Lights</i> deftly explores gender and self."<b>--<i>Largehearted Boy</i></b></p><p>"Burt mines a nearly limitless store of empathy, lending voices to living things and inanimate objects alike. . . . Burt's poems are never less than compassionate."<b>--<i>Library Journal</i>, starred review</b><br><b></b><br>"[A] touching portrait series of self and family. . . . A remarkable imagination allows Burt . . . to convincingly identify with an array of different figures. . . . Burt demonstrates aptitude with the classical poet's tools. . . . These poems achieve something rare, helping readers to 'learn/how to live in this world' more attentively."<b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></p><p>"A book of tremendous intricacy and the best kind of recurrent music. Strung throughout are several separate yet converging poetic sequences, exploring what it means to come of age while inhabiting multiple genders and multiple selves."<b>--Natalie Shapero</b></p>
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