Heard-Hoard

Atsuro Riley's Heard-Hoard is a collection of poems that evoke lives, loss, and lore, featuring a chorus of voices with human histories and mysteries. It is a profound evocation of lives and loss and lore, from the crackling story-man calling us together in the primal circle to Tammy figuring "time and time that yonder oak."

Format: Hardback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 20 October 2021
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Atsuro Riley, renowned for his "wildly original" poetry and his "uncanny and unparalleled ability to blend lyric and narrative," delves deeper into his exceptional mastery and tang in his latest collection, Heard-Hoard. In this captivating assemblage, Riley has meticulously crafted and "razor-exacted" a vibrant new sequence of poems, creating a vivid tapestry that vividly portrays an American place and its inhabitants. At once an album of tales, a portrait gallery, and a soundscape; an "inscritched" dirt-mural and hymnbook, Heard-Hoard encompasses a chorus of voices interwoven with (mostly human) histories and mysteries, their "old appetites as chronic as tides."

From the crackling story-man summoning us together in the primal circle to Tammy's contemplation of "time and time that yonder oak," this collection serves as a profound evocation of lives, loss, and lore. Riley's poetic prowess and storytelling ability transport readers to a realm where imagination knows no bounds, leaving an indelible mark on their hearts and minds.

Weight: 350g
Dimension: 192 x 243 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780226789422