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| Author | Catherine Barnett |
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| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Graywolf Press |
Publication date | 2018 |
Human Hours is a 2018 collection of poetry and essays written by Catherine Barnett, published by Graywolf Press. The collection received positive reviews.
Originally, Barnett intended to call the book The Accursed Questions. [1] Barnett first heard the term from poet Ilya Kaminsky, in reference to the "huge questions of humanity" addressed by "nineteenth-century Russian novelists".
Barnett drew inspiration from Ellen Bryant Voigt's collection Headwaters and Samuel Beckett's 1961 play Happy Days during the book's composition. [2]
According to literary review aggregator Book Marks, the collection received mostly "Positive" reviews. [3] A review in Publishers Weekly referred to the book as "elegantly understated". [4]
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