Ben Groner III

“This is a stunner of a book” – Destiny O. Birdsong

“A powerful book of odes and elegies, reflections on a father gone too soon and a country seemingly unraveling” – Jesse Graves

“These poems scour mythic American landscapes for anything enduring and true” – Allison Adair

“Pierces each moment with reverence and brilliant examinations of the human spirit” – Tiana Clark

“Acutely alert and sensitive…revelatory explorations” – Jeff Gundy

“A whirlwind debut” – Lily Greenberg

“Vastness in all its forms—sky, land, time, ache, faith, even language itself” – Jeff Hardin

“Tender observations and rich music” – Donovan McAbee

“Unrelenting awe” – Elizabeth Hughey

“A wide-ranging journey” – David Meischen

“An expert in the interrogative, leaving readers with questions that linger on the tongue” – Joshua Nguyen

“A tour de force in the deeply American road trip narrative” – Tyler Truman Julian

“Captures both the revelatory thrill and the surreal isolation of the roadtripping observer” – Emily Choate

WINNER of the 2024 American Fiction Award for Religious Poetry
SECOND PLACE for the 2024 Bookfest Award for Contemporary Poetry
FINALIST for the 2024 American Fiction Award for Narrative Poetry
HONORABLE MENTION for the 2024 Royal Dragonfly Book Award for Poetry