Shane McCrae, takes up and turns on its head the mantle of “Dante” in this contemporary vision of Hell.
Of death the muse is death the muse of Hell Is death the muse of Heaven I don’t know O muse of where howcan I hope to go To where I pray I’ll go sing at least tell
Shane McCrae, one of the most prophetic and powerful poetic voices of our time, has created a twenty-first-century epic in “New and Collected Hell.” Here, he gathers new and previous work as a culmination of his long-standing poetic project: a new and unforgettable journey through Hell. McCrae’s work is indelible, and this collection brings his searing vision to new depths.
"McCrae approaches Dante's allegorical vision with an urgency derived from a struggle that collapses the personal and the social, until the metaphysical realm seems the only possible stage. . . . [He] exploits, in a way that few other modern poets have been able to, the power of allegory."
