American Wake

“The poems, plainspoken distillations of origins and loss, explore histories, teasing at what we know without knowing, and know without remembering we know. A book of quiet, watchful radiance.”— The Boston Globe “Must-read poetry.”— The Millions New from a poet whose astonishing images, emotional honesty, and storytelling power hold a singular clarity of vision. “ American Wake navigates loss with such unparalleled sensitivity and inventiveness that language becomes its own jubilant force of sur