Zounds!

Aleksander Zywicki's ZOUNDS!, chosen by Kevin Prufer as the winner of the Barrow Street Poetry Book Prize, is a meditative exploration of a lifelong relationship with God, religion, and devotion. "Zounds" is a contraction combining "God's" and "wounds," an early modern exclamation that often edges towards blasphemy, and a literal evocation of Christ's crucifixion wounds. In these poems of family, love, and longing, ZOUNDS! deftly captures the experience of sonic and existential rupture, the wounds sustained in an enduring struggle with faith.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Barrow Street
Published: 10/15/2025
ISBN: 9781962131117
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 5.99h x 9.98w x 0.33d