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''An astounding debut . . . a book that seduces the brain . . . Millner's couplets enact high-wire acts of wit and poignancy.'' New York Times

''I've never read a better encapsulation of what it means to question a previously fixed idea of identity and selfhood.' Vogue

''Millner's ultimate achievement is to draw open the distance . . .between the self that one takes as given and the self, no less true, that one cannot help but make.'' New Yorker

Millner is brilliant at showing how early moments of lust can be existentially unmooring. . . Couplets is deft, delicate and unexpectedly fun.' Guardian

Maggie Millner's Couplets absolutely blew me away. Breathing new life into that most familiar of poetic forms, she recounts the difficulties inherent in making ourselves vulnerable to another person with precision and guile.' James Conor Patterson, Poetry Society, Books of the Year

Maggie Millne

Couplets

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 6/20/2024
      ISBN13: 9780571391653, 978-0571391653
      ISBN10: 0571391656
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''An astounding debut . . . a book that seduces the brain . . . Millner's couplets enact high-wire acts of wit and poignancy.'' New York Times

      ''I've never read a better encapsulation of what it means to question a previously fixed idea of identity and selfhood.' Vogue

      ''Millner's ultimate achievement is to draw open the distance . . .between the self that one takes as given and the self, no less true, that one cannot help but make.'' New Yorker

      Millner is brilliant at showing how early moments of lust can be existentially unmooring. . . Couplets is deft, delicate and unexpectedly fun.' Guardian

      Maggie Millner's Couplets absolutely blew me away. Breathing new life into that most familiar of poetic forms, she recounts the difficulties inherent in making ourselves vulnerable to another person with precision and guile.' James Conor Patterson, Poetry Society, Books of the Year

      Maggie Millne

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