A Sand Book is a poetry collection published in 2019 by poet and writer Ariana Reines. Writing in The New Yorker, Hannah Aizenman referred to the collection as "[...] a psychedelic epic about climate change and forever war; capitalism and surveillance; gun violence and police brutality; fascism and genocide; diaspora, mental illness, gender, and the occult."[1]

A Sand Book
First edition
AuthorAriana Reines
GenrePoetry
PublisherTin House
Publication date2019

Reines won the 2020 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for the book.[2] It was also longlisted for the National Book Award.[3]

References

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  1. Aizenman, Hannah (23 October 2019). "The Apocalyptic Visions of Ariana Reines". The New Yorker. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  2. Pedersen, Erik (24 February 2020). "Poet Ariana Reines wins the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for 2020 at Claremont Graduate University". Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. "National Book Award Authors". National Book Foundation.