Williams, Phillip B.: Thief in the Interior

Thief in the Interior by Phillip B. Williams (Alice Jame Books, paperback) Publication Date: January 12, 2016 Publisher Marketing:  Recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award for Poetry2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award WinnerNominated for the 2017 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work in Poetry2016 INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist2017 Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award Finalist2017 Lambda Literary Awards Winner2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist2017 Nominee for 2017 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for PoetryShortlisted for Chicago Review of Books Award in PoetryOne of BET's "12 Must-Read Books for 2016" "This gorgeous debut is a 'debut' in chronology only. . . . Need is everywhere--in the unforgiving images, in lines so delicate they seem to break apart in the hands, and in the reader who will enter these poems and never want to leave."--Adrian Matejka Phillip B. Williams investigates the dangers of desire, balancing narratives of addiction, murders, and hate crimes with passion