Finalist for the National Book Award in PoetryRecipient of the 2020 Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in PoetryBCALA Honor Book for Best Poetry Award 2020
What would it take to be home in one’s body, to walk around the world as oneself, knowing the pain within and without us? Jan Beatty boldly answers that question by making a fire map of the body. These roiling poems smack into walls of meditation, only to slide ...