Jonathan Fink's Don’t Do It--We Love You, My Heart, his third full-length book of poetry, is his most intimate and expansive collection to date. His lyrical, personal, immersive, and historical writing has led him to projects around the globe. His most recent project centered on Gram Parsons’s life and death for Joshua Tree National Park. He has received fellowships from the NEA and the state of Florida, among many others, and his writing has appeared in a wide range of publications from Poetry and The New York Times Magazine to TheJournal of the American Medical Association and Slate. Born in Lubbock, TX, Fink currently lives in Pensacola with his wife and daughters and teaches at Universityof West Florida.

“The threads Fink weaves between worlds past and present, real and fantasized, are as palpable as they are prescient.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)“Jonathan Fink pours his stories onto the page. Personal pieces, with himself as the subject, and pieces that tell the stories of others come together to form a collection of intelligent poems, both revealing of the individual self and the larger social picture in which we live.” —World Literature Today"Fink’s collection has captured the human condition through myriad craft choices, historical and biblical allusions, and carefully articulated, distinctly human experiences. This book is an example of an understanding of people and history formed and crafted over the course of many dedicated years." —Mid-American Review"Don’t Do it—We Love You, My Heart is a reminder of why we need poetry. It’s an art that reminds readers of interconnectedness. Our systems, our morals, our culture, and of course our humanity. Through the careful attention of personal anecdotes and history, Fink recognizes the need for a deeper understanding of the individual, and how we are weaved and interlocked without knowing."—Tatiana Avdelas, Saw Palm“Jonathan skillfully grapples with thematic material engaging larger social and political implications without sacrificing precision of language, clarity, and the quest for beauty that characterizes all of his work.”—Natasha Trethewey, United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry 2012-2014“Fink’s a better guide than Dante had through our hells and heavens.”—Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club and Lit

Jonathan Fink's Don’t Do It--We Love You, My Heart, his third full-length book of poetry, is his most intimate and expansive collection to date. His lyrical, personal, immersive, and historical writing has led him to projects around the globe. His most recent project centered on Gram Parsons’s life and death for Joshua Tree National Park. He has received fellowships from the NEA and the state of Florida, among many others, and his writing has appeared in a wide range of publications from Poetry and The New York Times Magazine to TheJournal of the American Medical Association and Slate. Born in Lubbock, TX, Fink currently lives in Pensacola with his wife and daughters and teaches at Universityof West Florida.

“The threads Fink weaves between worlds past and present, real and fantasized, are as palpable as they are prescient.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)“Jonathan Fink pours his stories onto the page. Personal pieces, with himself as the subject, and pieces that tell the stories of others come together to form a collection of intelligent poems, both revealing of the individual self and the larger social picture in which we live.” —World Literature Today"Fink’s collection has captured the human condition through myriad craft choices, historical and biblical allusions, and carefully articulated, distinctly human experiences. This book is an example of an understanding of people and history formed and crafted over the course of many dedicated years." —Mid-American Review"Don’t Do it—We Love You, My Heart is a reminder of why we need poetry. It’s an art that reminds readers of interconnectedness. Our systems, our morals, our culture, and of course our humanity. Through the careful attention of personal anecdotes and history, Fink recognizes the need for a deeper understanding of the individual, and how we are weaved and interlocked without knowing."—Tatiana Avdelas, Saw Palm“Jonathan skillfully grapples with thematic material engaging larger social and political implications without sacrificing precision of language, clarity, and the quest for beauty that characterizes all of his work.”—Natasha Trethewey, United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry 2012-2014“Fink’s a better guide than Dante had through our hells and heavens.”—Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club and Lit

Jonathan Fink's Don’t Do It--We Love You, My Heart, his third full-length book of poetry, is his most intimate and expansive collection to date. His lyrical, personal, immersive, and historical writing has led him to projects around the globe. His most recent project centered on Gram Parsons’s life and death for Joshua Tree National Park. He has received fellowships from the NEA and the state of Florida, among many others, and his writing has appeared in a wide range of publications from Poetry and The New York Times Magazine to TheJournal of the American Medical Association and Slate. Born in Lubbock, TX, Fink currently lives in Pensacola with his wife and daughters and teaches at Universityof West Florida.

“The threads Fink weaves between worlds past and present, real and fantasized, are as palpable as they are prescient.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)“Jonathan Fink pours his stories onto the page. Personal pieces, with himself as the subject, and pieces that tell the stories of others come together to form a collection of intelligent poems, both revealing of the individual self and the larger social picture in which we live.” —World Literature Today"Fink’s collection has captured the human condition through myriad craft choices, historical and biblical allusions, and carefully articulated, distinctly human experiences. This book is an example of an understanding of people and history formed and crafted over the course of many dedicated years." —Mid-American Review"Don’t Do it—We Love You, My Heart is a reminder of why we need poetry. It’s an art that reminds readers of interconnectedness. Our systems, our morals, our culture, and of course our humanity. Through the careful attention of personal anecdotes and history, Fink recognizes the need for a deeper understanding of the individual, and how we are weaved and interlocked without knowing."—Tatiana Avdelas, Saw Palm“Jonathan skillfully grapples with thematic material engaging larger social and political implications without sacrificing precision of language, clarity, and the quest for beauty that characterizes all of his work.”—Natasha Trethewey, United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry 2012-2014“Fink’s a better guide than Dante had through our hells and heavens.”—Mary Karr, author of The Liars’ Club and Lit