num_pages: 58
description: A haunting and powerful collection, The Nerve captures the strangeness and splendor of America in the twenty-first century. Glyn Maxwell's characters include FBI agents, the Californian "wild child" Genie, a man who holds his own funeral, and women writing love letters to men on Death Row. From college football games to television weather reports, from hayrides to hunting tragedies, Maxwell's brilliant lyrics and narratives explore American life and legend.
language: English
title: The Nerve: Poems
titlecomplete: The Nerve: Poems
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 22
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
publisher: Ecco