Ariana Reines

Longlist, 2019 National Book Awards

Named one of Flavorwire’s 100 Most Important Living Writers and “a crucial voice of her generation” by Michael Silverblatt, Ariana Reines is a poet, Obie-winning playwright, & performing artist. Her books include A Sand Book, the play Telephone, The Origin Of The World, Mercury, Coeur de Lion, and The Cow.
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A Sand Book

ISBN 9781947793323 Tin House Books

A Sand Book is a poetry collection in nine parts, a travel guide that migrates from wildfires to hurricanes, tweety bird to the president, lust to aridity, desertification to prophecy, and mother to daughter. It explores the negative space of what is happening to language and to consciousness in our strange and desperate times. More about this book >

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Ariana Reines

Named one of Flavorwire’s 100 Most Important Living Writers and “a crucial voice of her generation” by Michael Silverblatt, Ariana Reines is a poet, Obie-winning playwright, and performing artist.

Her books include A Sand Book, the play Telephone, The Origin Of The World, Mercury, Coeur de Lion, and The Cow.

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