"Kristen Case and Alexandra Manglis have put together something beautiful and deep about how things go together in a place that sells, but no longer prides, itself on having figured out how things go together better than any other place, at any time. This anthology tells the truth and exposes that lie." -FRED MOTEN
Foreword by preeminent poet and scholar Fred Moten, with a group of influential contributors, including Dan Beachy-Quick, Stefania Heim, and Brian Teare
There are more than 1,000 writing BFA and MFA programs in the United States, boasting thousands of students and readers who will teach and buy this book
This is one of the first collections to intentionally bridge the gap between the massive poetry community and academics, two major markets of readers and book buyers
The NEA reported in 2018 that roughly 28 million people read poetry in the last year; this collection positions poets as thought leaders at a critical time in the rise of poetry readership
"[These essays] plumb the traditional American canon-and significant texts on its periphery-to contend with the questions of national ethos and identity that resound today. Editors Kristen Case and Alexandra Manglis suggest the ways poetry might be both agitator and balm in times of social crisis, as thirteen poets write about topics such as Poe and race, gun violence, and the Black pastoral." -Poets & Writers
"Displaying a sophisticated sense of poetics as well as a good grasp of history and its implications for the present moment . . . [the editors] have done a remarkable job of bringing together such a challenging collection." -Harvard Review
