Death of the First Idea

Name: Death of the First Idea
ISBN: 9781649221568

by Rickey Laurentiis

National Book · 2025 · Shortlist

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Four Way BooksJanuary 7, 2025PoetryISBN 9781649221568

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry	2025	Shortlist

About This Book

Jennifer De Laurentiis's debut collection meditates on loss, inheritance, and the imagination. A finalist for the NBCC Award for Poetry 2025.

About the Author

Rickey LaurentiisAmerican

Rickey Laurentiis (b. 1989) is an American trans poet raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. They are the author of Boy with Thorn (2015), winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and Levis Reading Prize, and Death of the First Idea (2025), longlisted for the National Book Award. Read more →