writing."—Jacket MagazineDara Wier's loose sonnets insist on a living language in the face of death, cycling and vibrant as the water that runs through them.. . . Assigned toAdventure said the motto on our buttons. The last thing we knewBefore we left with our satchels concerned how love withdrawsMoving backward taking with it everything, our names, this way.Dara Wier directs the MFA program at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. This is her ninth book, and first new collection of poetry since 2006.

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