Survival Is a Style

Acclaimed Poet Christian Wiman's Most Powerful Collection Yet

Survival Is a Style, Christian Wiman's first collection of new poems in six years, may be his best book yet. Named as a 2020 Book of the Year by The Times Literary Supplement, this stunning work showcases Wiman's signature blend of musical and formal variety, with a voice that shifts seamlessly from tender and funny to fiercely mystical and savagely skeptical.

In this extraordinary collection, readers will encounter moving elegies, sharp observations on modern American life, and expansive poems that deftly merge different modes of speech and thought. Wiman's spiritual and religious insights are on full display, as he grapples with questions of God, faith, and the human experience in the twenty-first century.

With its profound depth and range, Survival Is a Style solidifies Christian Wiman's place as one of the most vital voices in contemporary American poetry. This is a collection destined to become a permanent part of the American literary landscape.