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![]() ![]() I’m always drawn to the ways in which the poems interact with one another. One thing that always catches my attention with new collections is when poets choose to include multiple poems with the same title. She’s also terrifyingly comfortable with vulnerability, unique for first collections. Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night is not the typical debut readers do not encounter Parker as a young and inexperienced author, but as someone who immediately displays a deep understanding of the human condition. But more than that, they unearth what drives this collection and what makes its re-release so necessary. They help frame the importance of this collection, both within Parker’s opus and in the American poetic tradition. While introductions, especially those in poetry collections, rarely interest me, Smith has done something remarkable here. The re-release begins with an introduction from Danez Smith. Earlier this year, Tin House made the decision to re-release Parker’s debut collection, Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night. Most enter Parker’s poetry through There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce or the award-winning Magical Negro. Over the past six years, Parker has released three full-length collections and a young adult novel, to say nothing of her features on Common ’s A Beautiful Revolution Pt. Morgan Parker has firmly established herself as one of the best and most versatile writers of her generation. ![]()
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