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Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry 2022, the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry 2022, and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry 2022.

Spanning seven sections and several decades, and including previously unpublished work, John Keene's collection moves through historic narratives of loss, lust and love, its voices taking on desire, oppression, AIDS and grief. Praised by Eileen Myles, Tyehimba Jess and Dawn Lundy Martin for its range and emotional depth.

John Keene is a MacArthur Fellow (2018) and professor at Rutgers University–Newark.

• Publisher: The Song Cave