With urgency and compassion, humor and wonder, Amanda Shaw’s debut poetry collection “It Will Have Been So Beautiful” examines the many dimensions of what it means to call anything “home,” including the earth as we know it. In a manner reminiscent of Eugène Atget, who wrote “will disappear” on his photographs of turn-of-the-century Paris, Shaw captures the unique melancholy of living in a time of unknowable change.
Shaw’s powerful poetry explores the line between love and loss, as she implores us to find a more profound commitment to life in all its forms. At times playful and ironic, the poems celebrate language’s sonic capacities, probing art’s potential to move us from mourning to joy.-- Author's website
About the author:
Since receiving her MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers in January 2020, Amanda Shaw has been a caretaker for her mother. A teacher for over 20 years, she also works as an editor at the World Bank and is the book review editor for Lily Poetry Review. Though she has lived in Brooklyn, Detroit, Geneva, and Rome, she currently divides her time between New Hampshire, where she was born, and Washington, D.C.
Join Amanda Shaw on Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 5:00 pm at the Keene Toadstool Bookshop where she will be in conversation with Brian Polak for her new book "It Will Have Been So Beautiful".
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