Myles, Eileen: For Now

Yale University Press, hardcover Publication Date: September 22, 2020 Publisher Marketing: In this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work. Blending humor and meditation, this wide-ranging essay by the award-winning poet Eileen Myles is a candid record of the political, social, and aesthetic conditions that shaped them as a writer. It is also a thoughtful investigation into the way that writing is inescapably captive to time.