War of the Foxes

Like the blank canvas slowly being coloured, this book takes you by surprise, moving you, touching you, haunting you.I can't wait to read more of Siken.

Siken's poetry is honestly magical, and Foxes is full of rich imagery steeped in art and nature. It's quite different to Crush, so don't buy Foxes expecting more of that raw and often visceral verse that was in Siken's first collection ... the feeling you get from Foxes is a lot more ambiguous, especially considering its central theme of how we look to art for answers to moral and philosophical questions. Foxes presents itself much the same: some of the poems are not as clear cut as in Crush, and might leave you unsatisfied with how up-in-the-air their meaning, but I feel that's the point too. Art raises discussion, after all. The titular poem is probably my favourite in the book, and really stands out from the rest.tl;dr enjoyed Foxes, preferred Crush, but both are stellar collections.

Very profound and though provoking poetry but more subtle and restrained that debut crush

More philosophical than Crush, though still exactly what you'd expect from Richard Siken - powerful narratives, striking images, the indefinite boundaries and subtleties of inner conflict and loss. Beautiful work.

Raccolta interessante. Decisamente più allegorica rispetto a Crush, meno grafica e letterale ma sempre molto bella e affascinante. Siken si riconferma uno dei migliori poeti dei nostri anni.

Libros como Crush son aquellos que, o te son indiferentes, o cambian tu vida (sin exageraciones), cuando terminé de leer este libro estaba anonada porque definitivamente no era como Crush. Me dediqué a buscar entrevistas en las que Siken explicara a dónde se fue ese tono desesperado en sus poemas y es muy simple: no se ha vuelto a enamorar. War of the Foxes es más introspectivo que Crush, pero igualmente no deja de ser bueno. Cuatro estrellas porque me gusta la poesía angsty ngl.