Description

W. W. Norton, paperback

Publication Date: September 14, 2021

Publisher Marketing:In this gorgeous third collection, Sandra Lim investigates desire, sexuality, and dream with sinewy intelligence and a startling freshness.

Intense and searching, the poems ofThe Curious Thingexplore passion, self-scrutiny, and female rage with glittering precision and peerless fluency. Lim writes fearless lyrics anchored by generosity, stinging wit, and a tough-minded approach to her own experiences. With fiery emotional clarity and a whistle-in-the-dark bravado, these poems reveal a mind studying itself and its ambivalence, exact at every turn, and by the end, breathtaking (Louise Glck).