Human Hours

Human Hours is a 2018 collection of poetry and essays written by Catherine Barnett, published by Graywolf Press. The collection received positive reviews.

Human Hours

First edition
Author	Catherine Barnett
Genre	Poetry
Publisher	Graywolf Press
Publication date	2018

Development

Originally, Barnett intended to call the book The Accursed Questions.^[1] Barnett first heard the term from poet Ilya Kaminsky, in reference to the "huge questions of humanity" addressed by "nineteenth-century Russian novelists".

Barnett drew inspiration from Ellen Bryant Voigt's collection Headwaters and Samuel Beckett's 1961 play Happy Days during the book's composition.^[2]

Reception

A review in Publishers Weekly referred to the book as "elegantly understated".^[3]