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Human Hours

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Human Hours
First edition
AuthorCatherine Barnett
GenrePoetry
PublisherGraywolf Press
Publication date
2018

Human Hours is a 2018 collection of poetry and essays written by Catherine Barnett, published by Graywolf Press. The collection received positive reviews.

Development

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Originally, Barnett intended to call the book The Accursed Questions.[1] Barnett first heard the term from poet Ilya Kaminsky, in reference to the "huge questions of humanity" addressed by "nineteenth-century Russian novelists".

Barnett drew inspiration from Ellen Bryant Voigt's collection Headwaters and Samuel Beckett's 1961 play Happy Days during the book's composition.[2]

Reception

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According to literary review aggregator Book Marks, the collection received mostly "Positive" reviews.[3] A review in Publishers Weekly referred to the book as "elegantly understated".[4]

References

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  1. ^ Millner, Maggie (27 September 2018). "A Mind in Action: Catherine Barnett Interviewed by Maggie Millner". Bomb. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  2. ^ Seaborn, Heidi (2018). "Hope, Hypervigiliance, And Human Hours: A Conversation With Catherine Barnett". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Human Hours: Poems". Book Marks. Literary Hub. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Human Hours". Publishers Weekly. September 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2019.