Calling a Wolf a Wolf

<p><b>A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION<br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2018</b><br><br><i>I could not be held responsible<br>for desire<br>he could not be held at all</i><br><br>Tracking the joys and pains of the path through addiction, and wrestling with desire, inheritance and faith, <i>Calling a Wolf a Wolf</i> is the darkly sumptuous debut from award-winning poet Kaveh Akbar. These are powerful, intimate poems of thirst: for alcohol, for other bodies, for knowledge and for life.<br><br><b>'The struggle from late youth on, with and without God, agony, narcotics and love, is a torment rarely recorded with such sustained eloquence and passion as you will find in this collection'<br>FANNY HOWE</b><br><br><b>'Compelling . . . strange . . . always beautiful' <br>ROXANE GAY</b>, AUTHOR OF <i>BAD FEMINIST</i> AND <i>HUNGER</i><br><br><b>'Truly brilliant'<br>JOHN GREEN</b>, AUTHOR OF <i>THE FAULT IN OUR STARS</i><br><br><b>'A breathtaking addition to the canon of addiction literature'<br><i>PUBLISHERS WEEKLY</i></b> (STARRED REVIEW)</p> <p><b>A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION<br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2018</b><br><br><i>I could not be held responsible<br>for desire<br>he could not be held at all</i><br><br>Tracking the joys and pains of the path through addiction, and wrestling with desire, inheritance and faith, <i>Calling a Wolf a Wolf</i> is the darkly sumptuous debut from award-winning poet Kaveh Akbar. These are powerful, intimate poems of thirst: for alcohol, for other bodies, for knowledge and for life.<br><br><b>'The struggle from late youth on, with and without God, agony, narcotics and love, is a torment rarely recorded with such sustained eloquence and passion as you will find in this collection'<br>FANNY HOWE</b><br><br><b>'Compelling . . . strange . . . always beautiful' <br>ROXANE GAY</b>, AUTHOR OF <i>BAD FEMINIST</i> AND <i>HUNGER</i><br><br><b>'Truly brilliant'<br>JOHN GREEN</b>, AUTHOR OF <i>THE FAULT IN OUR STARS</i><br><br><b>'A breathtaking addition to the canon of addiction literature'<br><i>PUBLISHERS WEEKLY</i></b> (STARRED REVIEW)</p>