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Albert Goldbarth has been publishing books for nearly fifty years. Hewon the National Book Critics Circle Award for Saving Lives and for Heaven and Earth: A Cosmology, the only poet to receive the honor two times. Goldbarth’s other honors include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Milt Kessler Award. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry and multiple appearances in The Best American Poetry series and ThePushcart Prize. He lives in Wichita, Kansas.

The only poet to receive two National Book Critics Circle awards and the author of more than 40 books of poetry and essays, Goldbarth is spot-on in this culturally relevant new collection.