War of the Foxes

In reviewing Richard Siken's first book, Crush, the New York Times wrote that "his territory is [where] passion and eloquence collide and fuse." In this long-awaited follow-up to Crush, Siken turns toward the problems of making and representation, in an unrelenting interrogation of our world of doublings.

In this restless, swerving book simple questions such as, Why paint a bird? are immediately complicated by concerns of morality, human capacity, and the ways we look to art for meaning and purpose while participating in its - and our own - invention.

Richard Siken is a poet, painter, and filmmaker. His first book, Crush, won the Yale Younger Poets' prize. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.