num_pages: 40
description: “After reading Primer for Non-Native Speakers, I feel like I’ve just come back from a trip to Russia. Philip Metres’s brilliantly compressed lyrical narratives capture the grandeur and the bleakness of an almost mythological country, where a bronze statue of the great poet Pushkin now gazes out on the golden arches, and the swear of a slammed door is more expressive than a mouthful of words. These are subtle, accomplished, shimmering poems that explore the nuances of being an outsider in a language.”―Maura Stanton
language: English
title: Primer for Non-Native Speakers
titlecomplete: Primer for Non-Native Speakers (Wick Poetry Chapbook Series Three, #6)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 10
publisher: The Kent State University Press