Crush Condition:Well Read The bonds of love transformed

The bonds of love transformed me

apocalyptic power

One thing he already knows

from terrorism to shark attacks

An international bestseller

Crush Condition:Well Read The bonds of love transformedThe 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets competition: a powerful, confessional, erotic collection Finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry "Siken writes about love, desire, violence, and eroticism with a cinematic brilliance and urgency that makes this one of the best books of contemporary poetry." Victoria Chang, Huffington Post Richard Siken's Crush, selected as the 2004 winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, is a