Thinking with trees

“Jason Allen-Paisant deftly inscribes his own signature on worlds inner and outer in these gorgeous poems. The future of Caribbean lyric poetry is in great hands.”—Lorna Goodison, author of From Harvey RiverJason Allen-Paisant has emerged in recent years as one of the most celebrated poets in the...

Unnameable

Anna Gual’s poems express life in all its unexpectedness, whether she is exploring relationships between human beings and the rest of our universe, between and within bodies, or language itself. Scientific inquiry informs her work as she observes both the visible and the invisible. She is a leadi...

Venison

At stake are no less than the origins and mysteries of flesh and touch---food.

What to eat, what to drink, what to leave for poison

Which walks

A series of poems that explores walking, writing, and making as divinatory practices.Documenting (and interrogating) the poet’s daily walks, Which Walks investigates the twin practices of walking and art-making while aging. Gender is also a central concern in this intensely feminist work. Moriart...

Work & days

A poet hailed as "stunning" reveals a fierce and sensual intelligence in a meditation about farming, reproducing, and what it means to try to forge a relationship with the earth.

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERA 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Big Reads SelectionA 2024 NPR "Books We Love" Selection"Whoever you are, you will find yourself and your own world in the expansiveness of this collection."-Margaret Renkl, New York TimesPublished in association with the Library of Congres...