She collapses any foolish distinctions between the personal and the political, the “high” and the “low.” Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night not only introduced an essential new voice to the world, it contains everything readers have come to love about Morgan Parker’s work. Parker bobs and weaves between humor and pathos, grief and anxiety, Gwendolyn Brooks and Jay-Z, the New York School and reality television. Her command of language is on full display. The debut collection from award-winning poet Morgan Parker demonstrates why she’s become one of the most beloved writers working today. She is the author of the young adult novel Who Put This Song On and the poetry collections Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night, which has just been reissued by Tin House, as well as There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé and Magical Negro, which won the 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award. Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night―the book that launched the career of one of our most important young American poets―is back in print. Morgan Parker's Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night Reviewed at Fanzine By Harriet Staff At Fanzine, Gina Myers takes a look into Morgan Parker' s debut collection Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night (Switchback 2015) and likes what she finds. it ripples with energy, insight, and searing music.” ―Tracy K. Named a Best Book of Summer 2021 by Publishers Weekly From the author of Magical Negro, Winner of the National Book Critic's Circle Award
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