The Worried Well by Anthony Immergluck - 9781637681039

Name: The Worried Well by Anthony Immergluck - 9781637681039
Brand: Autumn House Press

Autumn House Press

The Worried WellAuthor(s): Anthony Immergluck\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Autumn House Press, United States\nImprint: Autumn House Press\nISBN-13: 9781637681039, 978-1637681039\nSynopsis\nThe Worried Well, selected by Eduardo C. Corral as the winner of the 2024 Autumn House Rising Writer Prize, is a tragicomic collection that explores the intersection of anxiety and safety in a chaotic world.\n\nAnthony Immergluck balances the thin lines between healing and ailing, between humor and tragedy throughout this exceptional debut poetry collection. Reveling at precipices of imminent disaster while grieving at thresholds of relief, The Worried Well asks, how do we live loving and full lives while being confronted with our mortality? How does language carry us between liminal spaces?\n\nThe worried well is a term often used pejoratively by medical professionals to describe a group of patients who may be lacking visible symptoms but opt for testing and preventative interventions, who seek .