Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina

Dara Barrois/Dixon (formerly Dara Wier) is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including In the Still of the Night (Wave Books, 2017), You Good Thing (Wave Books, 2013), Selected Poems (Wave Books, 2009), among others.  She teaches workshops and form and theory seminars at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and co-directs the University of Massachusetts’ Juniper Initiative for Literary Arts and Action. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

“Her directed and charged language is a reminder of how vital and vivid poetry can be.” —American Poet"Without pedantry or obfuscation, Wier’s lines cohere into a philosophical discourse about the poet’s relationship with the world." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

• ContentsPart OneIf You Are LuckyBeing Nervous Is Only HumanTakingSunset’s SexComesWhere Inanimate Objects Have the Sturdiness of Intoxication Momentarily EvanescedTelepathic KinesisPart TwoThings Art Can Do, Part One and Part TwoSimile for Its Own SakePerfect Imitation of Something FamiliarThruCapitalismWaitingDuring the Time You Are DeceasedA Few of the Crimes You’ve Committed Against My HeartPart ThreeWanderlust, Heartache, Nostalgia, Burning DesireTrance of SorrowDusty Rabbits in Cosmos BordersI Feel Sorry for You Someone Said to Me Over and Over AgainThis Is What There IsI Have a Little Extra MercyTolstoy Killed Anna KareninaNotes & EvidenceAcknowledgments