Calling a Wolf a Wolf: Poems by Kaveh Akbar

Addiction. Recovery. Repeat. Akbar blazes the poetry scene with this introspective, powerful and passionate debut. 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Gold Winner 2018 Levis Reading Prize Winner 2017 Julie Suk Award Winner A 2017 Nautilus Silver Award Winner 2017 Florida Book Award Gold Winner A 2018 First Horizon Award Winner Winner of the 2017 John C. Zacharis First Book Award A 2018 Montaigne Medal Finalist A 2017 NPR Best Book of the Year A 2017 Library Journal Best Book of the Year A 2017 Entropy Magazine Best Book of the Year A 2017 The Coil Best Book of the Year A 2017 Interview Best Book of the YearAddiction. Recovery. Repeat. Akbar blazes the poetry scene with this introspective, powerful, and passionate debut.This highly-anticipated debut boldly confronts addiction and courses the strenuous path of recovery, beginning in the wilds of the mind. Poems confront craving, control, the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety, and the questioning of the self and its inst