| Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 | |
| Border: | yes |
| Author: | Frank Bidart |
| Audio Read By: | Frank Bidart |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Pub Date: | August 15, 2017 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover and paperback), e-book, audiobook |
| Pages: | 736 |
| Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2018) National Book Award for Poetry (2017) |
| Isbn: | 978-0-374-12595-0 |
| Isbn Note: | (hardcover) |
| Oclc: | 1033476114 |
| Dewey: | 811/.54 |
| Congress: | PS3552.I33 2017 |
Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016 is a 2017 poetry collection by Frank Bidart. It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on August 15, 2017. Half-light is a comprehensive book of Bidart's poetry, collecting all of his previous collections as well as a new volume, Thirst (2016).[1]
The collection won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.[2] Judges of the prize called the book "a volume of unyielding ambition and remarkable scope that mixes long dramatic poems with short elliptical lyrics, building on classical mythology and reinventing forms of desires that defy societal norms."[3] The collection also won the 2017 National Book Award for Poetry.[4]
Publishers Weekly called it "an almost overwhelming bounty, a permanent book".[5]
Elizabeth Lund of The Washington Post called it a "monumental work" and praised Bidart's storytelling ability.[6]