Having None of It

by Adrienne Su

In this third collection, award-winning poet Adrienne Su reflects deeply about the circumstances in which people are forced to remake as parents, as immigrants, as people whose marriages have ended, as people who’ve wound up in a place they never intended to settle. From “Breakup”: Another ending finds its place
among novels, lives, summers
that fled, but this kind has a way
of getting filed under yes, the relationship failed,
if to fail is to fail to endure.

Genres: Poetry

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adrienne Su visited Athens this winter and was entirely pleasant. Her poems are plainspoken and often touching, and this book is rare in that it's narratively cohesive--many of the poems center around a fraught relationship.

Too many books of poetry seem to be a kind of greatest hits instead of an fully-conceived concept album. This is not.

[Laurel · Rating 5 out of 5]

heartbreaking, beautiful

[Emprise]

Author interview at Emprise Review.