Machete

This fresh voice in American poetry wields lyric pleasure and well-honed insight against a cruel century that would kill us with a thousand cuts.   "Morín's writing uses the mundane details of everyday life...as a jumping-off point for creating fascinating and philosophical worlds." — LitHub "Dios aprieta, pero no ahorca" ("God squeezes, but He doesn't strangle")--the epigraph of Machete --sets the stage for a powerful poet who summons a variety of ways to endure life when there's an invisi