“Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass” hardcover Poetry Book Pre-Release Thread

[SweetHenny 14,467]

But the most important question is yet to be answered: is there a vynil of the audiobook and what's the vynil colour? 

[Terrence Loves Me 71,709]

Won't the release of the book be pretty underwhelming once we've already heard the poems in audio quality with lush instrumentals 2 months prior

[electra 20,631]

Wait so… the book will contain 112 pages, assuming it’ll be illustrated there’s still like 50 pages left. Even her longest poems are max one page long right? So the audiobook will contain around 50 tracks?

i doubt fifty tracks. i have a feeling it will be a mix of very small and very long poems, knowing that lana is a massive fan of whitman and american epics (classic american poems that are almost as long as books/novellas)

[Beautiful Loser 46,084]

But the most important question is yet to be answered: is there a vynil of the audiobook and what's the vynil colour? 

Green, orange or yellow to match the cover art?

[electra 20,631]

But the most important question is yet to be answered: is there a vynil of the audiobook and what's the vynil colour? 

i hope it’s witchy

[violets 11,893]

i have a feeling the audio book wont have every single poem in the hard cover?

idk

can 112 pages be translated into only 30 minutes?

[electra 20,631]

i have a feeling the audio book wont have every single poem in the hard cover?

idk

can 112 pages be translated into only 30 minutes?

consider some of her poems she’s already released are only like half a page long, some were like four sentences if i remmeber? like the one where said said my love making is my legacy.

 

EDIT - example http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/11501-a-haiku/

[venicebitch 13,344]

How do we know about the audiobook coming July 28th?

please someone answer me  someone said it’s from Lana.lnk.to/audiobook but I can’t see it from my phone

[violets 11,893]

please someone answer me  someone said it’s from Lana.lnk.to/audiobook but I can’t see it from my phone

yea it says tht in the link

http://lanaboards.com/index.php?/topic/11195-violet-bent-backwards-over-the-grass-spoken-word-poetry-album-to-be-released-january-4th-2020-delayed/?p=928123

[Norman F Bates 152]

wow it's finally coming, i was starting to think that she scrapped it…

 

it’s so great that she’s doing both a physical and audiobook, i’m sure it’s going to be really beautiful!! so exciting

[Elle 114,464]

Here's the description for the audiobook, but it has good insights as to what the physical book will contain as well:

“'Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass' is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I’m proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic.” (Lana Del Rey) 

Lana Del Rey brings her breathtaking poetry to life in an unprecedented audiobook. In this stunning spoken word performance, Lana Del Rey reads 14 poems from her debut book Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antonoff. Lana’s debut book solidifies her further as “the essential writer of her times” (The Atlantic). This audiobook features Lana reading select poems from the book, including "LA Who Am I to Love You?", "The Land of 1,000 Fires", "Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving", "Never to Heaven", "Tessa DiPietro", "Happy", and several others. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator. 

[gatadelrey 4,575]

Here's the description for the audiobook, but it has good insights as to what the physical book will contain as well:

“'Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass' is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I’m proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic.” (Lana Del Rey)

Lana Del Rey brings her breathtaking poetry to life in an unprecedented audiobook. In this stunning spoken word performance, Lana Del Rey reads 14 poems from her debut book Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antonoff. Lana’s debut book solidifies her further as “the essential writer of her times” (The Atlantic). This audiobook features Lana reading select poems from the book, including "LA Who Am I to Love You?", "The Land of 1,000 Fires", "Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving", "Never to Heaven", "Tessa DiPietro", "Happy", and several others. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator.

Be still my heart. I’m not ready.

[gatadelrey 4,575]

Also September 29th is the day Lili Reinhart’s poetry book comes out. My deliveries are going to be heavy that day. So exciting!

[Sugar Venom 9,651]

Let’s see how the hand bound 1¢ thing goes

[mkultraviolence 5,829]

two years later

[ChicaCherryCola 1,393]

European pals, any feedback from BookDepository and Amazon UK/ES on releases? I don't want to order from my country because last time (pre-COVID) I had to wait over a month for a pre-order and it sucked.

[99centlips 8,518]

i don’t think it’ll sell our luvs. they will always print more if demand is there.

[rightofjupiter 15,905]

i don’t think it’ll sell our luvs. they will always print more if demand is there.

 yup, esp bc simon & schuster are publishing

[bluefiona 8,050]

European pals, any feedback from BookDepository and Amazon UK/ES on releases? I don't want to order from my country because last time (pre-COVID) I had to wait over a month for a pre-order and it sucked.

Me too! I don't want to order anything from Lana's official store. I went through hell to get my shirts. Not again. Amazon, Barnes and Noble or nothing.

[ArtDecoDelRey 15,253]

just pre-ordered the book (the full thing w 100+ pages) from itunes! good to know that the entirety of it will be available digitally, in addition to the digital audiobook and physical book. we're getting fed