Human Hours

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Human Hours
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First edition
Author Catherine Barnett
GenrePoetry
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.

Contents

Development

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]

Reception

A review in Publishers Weekly referred to the book as "elegantly understated". [3]

References

  1. ↑ Millner, Maggie (27 September 2018). "A Mind in Action: Catherine Barnett Interviewed by Maggie Millner". Bomb . Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Seaborn, Heidi (2018). "Hope, Hypervigiliance, And Human Hours: A Conversation With Catherine Barnett". The Adroit Journal . Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Human Hours". Publishers Weekly . September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.


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