Tap Out

"Charts the gritty, physical terrain of blue-collar masculinity." ― New York Times  New & Noteworthy  “Kunz arrives with real poetic talent.” — The Millions, “Must Read Poetry” "[A] gritty, insightful debut." — Washington Post Winner of the 2019 Julia Ward Howe Award for Poetry Approach these poems as short stories, plainspoken lyric essays, controlled arcs of a bildungsroman, then again as narrative verse. Tap Out , Edgar Kunz’s debut collection, reckons with his working‑poor