Generic Husband
Poems
Published on 8. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
66 pages
978-0-8071-8472-1 (ISBN)
Description
Generic Husband presents a queer take on an old, beloved, and troublesome subject: the husband. While the "generic husband" of the cultural imagination has remained relatively static, the reality of the husband in contemporary marriage proves multidimensional and complex. Alternatively tender and bitingly funny, Rebecca Hazelton's poems unpack the inequities created by gender, power, and patriarchal legacies, unraveling what a "husband" can be, both personally and culturally.
Reviews / Votes
"Whip-smart and darkly funny, Rebecca Hazelton's Generic Husband probes the mystery of marriage, how if you move through life with one loved person long enough, they can become invisible to you. Hazelton's poems turn a keen eye on the husband as concept and (unreasonably hot) body, unspooling a multiverse of men whose devotion is 'terrible, beautiful, [and] unrelenting.' I dare you to read this book and not fall a little in love with all these husbands, generic, specific, optimistic, self-taught, and otherwise. Men might be mostly bad, but these husbands are great." - Nancy ReddyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
111 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8071-8472-1 (9780807184721)
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E-Book
10/2025
Zando - Hillman Grad Books
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Person
Rebecca Hazelton is an award-winning poet, writer, critic, and editor. She is the author of Fair Copy, Vow, and Gloss, a New York Times "New and Notable" book. Her poems have been published in literary journals and national magazines such as The New Yorker, The Nation, Poetry, and Boston Review.