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His honors include a whiting award, the kate tufts discovery award, a national poetry series award, and guggenheim and nea fellowships. A dazzling new collection of poetry by terrance hayes, the national book awardwinning author of lighthead in how to be drawn, his daring fifth collection. Host rachel zucker talks with awardwinning poet terrance hayes about terrance s new work, living in new york city, the election, teaching workshop, painting, sharing work with peers, not wanting help, provocation, offensive. Download lighthead ebook free in pdf and epub format. A dazzling new collection of poetry by terrance hayes, the national book award winning author of lighthead in how to be drawn, his daring fifth collection, terrance hayes explores how we see and are seen. His 2010 collection, lighthead, won the national book award for poetry in 2010. Review of terrance hayes lighthead terrance hayes is a poet of great verbal inventiveness, formal skill and ingenuity, and strong imagination.
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