Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass by Lana Del Rey

The debut book of poetry by American songwriter Lana Del Rey features “eclectic and honest” musings on everything from long-lost lovers to climate change. It was originally released as an audiobook earlier this month, with Del Rey reading poems set to music by Jack Antonoff, of indie pop band Bleachers. A hardback book version of the project will be available at the end of this month, marrying together Del Rey’s typewritten manuscripts with original photography to form an “extraordinary poetic landscape”. An intriguing and fresh project for anyone drawn by the integral connection between poetry, art and music.

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