Crush

Ranked #30 in Poetry, Ranked #66 in Love Poemsee more rankings.

Richard Siken’s Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a powerful collection of poems driven by obsession and love. Siken writes with ferocity, and his reader hurtles unstoppably with him. His poetry is confessional, gay, savage, and charged with violent eroticism. In the world of American poetry, Siken's voice is striking. In her introduction to the book, competition judge Louise Glück hails the “cumulative, driving, apocalyptic power, [and] purgatorial recklessness” of Siken’s poems. She notes, “Books of this kind dream big. . . . They restore to... more

Rankings by Category

Crush is ranked in the following categories:


Similar Books

If you like Crush, check out these similar top-rated books:


Learn: What makes Shortform summaries the best in the world?