“LEVY’S TRIUMPHANT SONG.”
Published by Mansfield Press
2019
THE LOUDEST THING IS A LOVE LETTER
to family and the complex history of blood, to failed relationships and the magic left behind, to the dance of a happy marriage across decades, to friendship, travel, coming home. Funny, honest, and seductive — Joshua Levy finds the silver lining in even the darkest subject matter with an infectious sense of wonder. We journey with him as he visits the crooked streets of Lisbon, a kibbutz in Israel, the hollow of a guitar on a beach in Venezuela, even an alien planet. But mostly these poems brim with affection for his hometown of Montreal, and all that keeps him anchored here.
PRAISE FOR THE LOUDEST THING
“It’s entirely valid for any poet nowadays to mourn and brood on personal and planetary trauma. But what a welcome remission from worry and heaviness it is to find a book of poems that unapologetically and sometimes hilariously delights in life. These are fresh, touching poems of conjugal and familial celebration. The Loudest Thing is a book of toasts, graces, and small gratitudes, and I’m grateful for it.”
— Steven Heighton, winner of the Governor General’s Award for Poetry
“Phenomenal! … Levy declares love our ultimate refuge and release. And this — our ‘messy heart’ — is his triumphant song.”
— Virginia Konchan, New Yorker poet and author of Any God Will Do
“The Loudest Thing, a debut collection by Joshua Levy, is stunningly good. The book conjures characters, moments, and life’s big questions (love, destiny, existence, and death) with a novelistic eye. Levy’s poems are fearless, precise, and exquisitely crafted.”
— cora sire, awared-winning author and poet
“Full to the brim with praise and love. A moving debut!”
— Greg Santos, Editor-in-Chief of Carte Blanche and author of Ghost Face
Author: Joshua Levy
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