Lana Del Rey to come out with debut poetry book

Grammy-minated singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey will soon publish her debut book of poems, which she says are "eclectic and honest" and written in "auntic spirit".

e-audio spoken word album of select poems from book will be available on July 28 followed by hardcover release in September, publishers Simon & Schuster anunced.

collection features more than 30 poems, including "Never to Heaven", " Land of 1,000 Fires", "Past Bushes Cypress Thriving", "LA Who Am I to Love You?", "Tessa DiPietro", "Happy", "Paradise Is Very Fragile" and "Bare Feet on Lileum".

hardcover edition showcases Lana's typewritten manuscript ps alongside her original photography.

In audio book, Lana reads 14 select poems accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antoff.

Lana said "Violet Bent Backwards Over Grass" is title poem of book and first poem she wrote of many.

"Some of m came to me in ir entirety, which I dictated and n typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make perfect poem. y are eclectic and honest and t trying to be anything or than what y are and for that reason I'm proud of m, especially because spirit in which y were written was very auntic."

Stuart Roberts, senior editor at Simon & Schuster, acquired World English, first serial, and audio rights from CAA.

"Violet Bent Backwards Over Grass" will be published simultaneously with S&S UK, Canada, Australia, and India.

"Lana Del Rey is an era-defining artist. She is a mythmaker and auteur - a visionary who is capable of articulating and setting mood of a cultural moment. Her poetry is deeply intimate and affecting. This is one of Lana's most arresting projects yet," said Roberts.

Lana's music has been ted by critics for its stylised cinematic quality, glamour, melancholia and its references to 1950s and 1960s Americana.

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