Solarium

Jordan Zandi: Jordan Zandi grew up in the rural Midwest, and in 2011 graduated with an MFA in poetry from Boston University, where he was the recipient of a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship to Bolivia. His poetry has appeared in The New Republic and Little Star.

• IOn Stepping Off the TrainOn My Path LifeApril 18The Gift HorseThe Flavor SuiteSolariumEpicIn the Opposite RoomsOn My Painting LifeIIRiverAdjustmentsLe Monde FamilierAn Island JournalOn My Pool LifeChamber MusicAcrylic IEtch-a-SketchVectorHalls, then BanquetOn My Pony LifeIIIThe Circus in WinterQuarryIVSnow Childrenall around the garden of the godsA Lesson in BotanyOn My So-Called LifeInsideOn My Plane LifeThreesTransparenciesAt the Sign of the Skull Green GingkoIn the ForestA CuriosityPlace

Best Poetry of 2016, The New York Times"Zandi’s mellow, sometimes deliberately goofy lines (“As loud as cats — and happiness!”) can almost fool you into missing the agile intellect that makes this one of the year’s strongest first books."—The New York Times"A first book made eventful by the weirdness and clarity of Zandi’s mind. Poetry is like solitaire: we go to it to pass the time. Zandi reminds us that passing the time is a very serious activity. His balletic inner life belies the gravity at its core."—The New Yorker"Zandi’s debut collection radiates a fragile warmth in what proves to be an aching and uncommonly ingenious exploration of youth and memory."—Publishers Weekly