Embedded in the subconscious of these poems is the centrality of climate change and its disorienting and deleterious effects on all inhabitants—human and otherwise—of planet earth.

These poems were inspired by Patricia Fargnoli’s poem about clouds and the ephemeral nature of life, “Winter Sky Over Cheshire County, New Hampshire.”

Nicholas Skaldetvind’s In the Way of Things invites us on a coastal, irresistibly watery journey that spans from Italy to Greece to California and elsewhere.

These poems lead the reader through the struggles of both holding on and of letting go.

Carter intersperses bright, spellbinding images of natural beauty into poems and tales that explore various modes of human destruction from the heedless demolition of our planet to the systemic roots of trauma, isolation, and greed.

Alias Irene is a luminous, aching, and deeply human collection-an offering of grace in a world that often feels unsteady.

These poems are a way to connect ourselves into a more humane community, see the world fresh and new, and live on this planet worth savoring and saving.

What’s After Making Love traverses a woman’s life with stops along the way for grief, conflict, love, betrayal, and realistic assessments of women’s traditional roles and the complications they present for achieving full personhood.

This book speaks to the historic and contemporary suppression of women’s experiences and the roles religion and tradition have played in perpetuating those norms.

Mother Fur is a book for those who wish to forge their own identity through liminal experiences.