Publisher's Synopsis
The anthology includes an intriguing and culturally diverse group of voices including Ruth Forman, Ilya Kaminsky, Malena Mörling, Kevin Goodan, Jay Leeming, Terrance Hayes, Luljeta Lleshanaku, Sherwin Bitsui, María Meléndez, Valzhyna Mort, Eugene Gloria, Brian Turner, Joshua Poteat, Maurice Manning, and Chris Abani. Each poet is represented by ten to fifteen poems and each had contributed new unpublished work to the book. The new unpublished work, particularly by Brian Turner and lya Kaminsky, who haven't published a second book as yet will be of real interest to readers. The focus of the anthology on vertical or spiritual poetry runs against the shallowness that is found in much poetry being written today.
