Seven new collections this week: grief, war, place, family, and the stubborn persistence of the body. From the Ukrainian diaspora's reckoning with an ongoing war to the physics of a splash; from the streets of Miami to a covered wagon in 1875; these books find form in lived experience. Julia Alvarez returns to poetry after twenty years, Daniel Moysaenko wins the Academy of American Poets First Book Award, and Leigh Lucas and P Scott Cunningham each make an indelible debut. All seven are available now, release and pre-order.
Lung Hours by Jessica Purdy (Gunpowder Press)
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Swerve by Tracey Knapp (Pine Row Press)
Visitations by Julia Alvarez (Knopf)
Overtakelessness by Daniel Moysaenko (Graywolf Press)
Splashed Things by Leigh Lucas (BOA Editions)
Self Portrait As The i in Florida by P Scott Cunningham (Autumn House Press)
Walking Wheel: Novel-In-Verse by Molly Fisk (Red Hen Press)