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Calling a wolf a wolfKaveh Akbar

Calling a wolf a wolf

2017100 pages
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"'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.' -Fanny Howe. This highly-anticipated debut boldly confronts addiction and courses the strenuous path of recovery, beginning in the wilds of the mind. Poems confront craving, control, the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety, and the questioning of the self and its instincts within the context of this never-ending fight. From 'Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before': Sometimes you just have to…

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4 editions
  • Other · English · 2018
    Penguin Books, Limited · 9780141987989
  • Other · English · 2018
    Penguin Books, Limited · 112 pages · 9780141987972
  • Other · English · 2017
    Alice James Books · 89 pages · 9781938584671
  • Other · English · 2017
    Alice James Books · 9781938584725
AlcoholicsPoetryRehabilitationAlcoholismPoetry (poetic works by one author)POETRYAmericanGeneral