Rail
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Railroads, Travel, United States, West, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
| Author: | Kai Carlson-Wee | ISBN: | 9781942683599 |
| Publisher: | BOA Editions Ltd. | Publication: | April 24, 2018 |
| Imprint: | BOA Editions Ltd. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kai Carlson-Wee |
| ISBN: | 9781942683599 |
| Publisher: | BOA Editions Ltd. |
| Publication: | April 24, 2018 |
| Imprint: | BOA Editions Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
Set against a landscape of rail yards and skate parks, Kai Carlson-Wee’s debut collection captures a spiritual journey of wanderlust, depression, brotherhood, and survival. These poems—a “verse novella” in documentary form—build momentum as they travel across the stark landscapes of the American West: hopping trains through dusty prairie towns, swapping stories with mystics and outlaws, skirting the edges of mountains and ridges, heading ever westward to find meaning in the remnants of a ruined Romantic ideal. Part cowboy poet, part prophet, Carlson-Wee finds beauty in the grit and kinship among strangers along the road.
Set against a landscape of rail yards and skate parks, Kai Carlson-Wee’s debut collection captures a spiritual journey of wanderlust, depression, brotherhood, and survival. These poems—a “verse novella” in documentary form—build momentum as they travel across the stark landscapes of the American West: hopping trains through dusty prairie towns, swapping stories with mystics and outlaws, skirting the edges of mountains and ridges, heading ever westward to find meaning in the remnants of a ruined Romantic ideal. Part cowboy poet, part prophet, Carlson-Wee finds beauty in the grit and kinship among strangers along the road.
