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Name: American sonnets for my past and future assassin
Author: Terrance Hayes

📘 American sonnets for my past and future assassin by Terrance Hayes

Terrance Hayes, National Book Award winner for *Lighthead*, delivers a powerful collection of 70 sonnets titled *American sonnets for my past and future assassin*. Written in the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, the poems weave social conditions, race relations, and personal longing into the strict sonnet form. The work is noted for its inventive, compassionate, and sometimes wry treatment of American life, offering a poignant reflection on the country’s past, present, and future.

First publish date: 2018

Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry

Authors: Terrance Hayes

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