the easiness and the loneliness [Paperback]

One of the best-selling poetry collections of the past decade, Asta Olivia Nordenhofsthe easiness and the lonelinesstook Denmark by storm with its refreshing honesty and directness about growing up in a challenging family situation. Nordenhof eschews traditional ideas of poetic beauty in favor of poems that double as social critiques, addressing the inequalities in Denmark, the difficulties of living under great financial strain, of various forms of abuse, and of working in a brothel. A fiery book that attracted great praise from reviewers and readers, and won the 2013 Montanas Literature Prize.•Nordenhofs poems are very steeped in body issues—both child abuse and her background as a prostitute—which are of great interest to todays readers.

•A literal best-seller when it was released in Denmark, this collection has already been excerpted in a number of journals, and more pieces will be appearing in the near future.

•This is the final book in Open Letters Danish Women Writers Series, which is a great resource for readers interested in finding works by women in translation. (Or booksellers who would like to create a display.)