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Seeing Double

By: Gary J. Whitehead

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Paperback | 15 May 2026

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106 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 0.64

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The doubling effect in Gary Whitehead's collection Seeing Double is half elegy, half ode. How else to recognize the complexity of what it means to give up the drink and start a new life! In Whitehead's recognizable direct simplicity and commanding lines, we are privileged to follow this arc from loss to revitalization. I enjoyed the heck out of these poems for the unapologetic sincerity, the willingness to tell it straight, and the tenderness by which Whitehead approaches his past and future. What a joy to witness that, in whatever stage of life, we are deserving of the necessary grace. Seeing Double is an honest take on a life hard-earned and the blessing of a second take.

-James Hoch

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The doubling effect in Gary Whitehead's collection Seeing Double is half elegy, half ode. How else to recognize the complexity of what it means to give up the drink and start a new life! In Whitehead's recognizable direct simplicity and commanding lines, we are privileged to follow this arc from loss to revitalization. I enjoyed the heck out of these poems for the unapologetic sincerity, the willingness to tell it straight, and the tenderness by which Whitehead approaches his past and future. What a joy to witness that, in whatever stage of life, we are deserving of the necessary grace. Seeing Double is an honest take on a life hard-earned and the blessing of a second take.

-James Hoch

Gary Whitehead's Seeing Double is a powerful collection full of adroit turns-often syntactically stunning-while rife with heart and the kind of sagacity that comes from plumbing one's past failures. There are many loves evident and made memorable here-for family, community, self, and for the grace of discovery in the line and in the life. The hardness and radiance throughout this book remind me of something Williams once observed: "cinders // in which shine / the broken // pieces of a green / bottle."

-BJ Ward

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Seeing Double

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

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