Now What - Paperback

by Joseph Lease (Author)

Now What, Winner of the Philip Whalen Award, gathers brilliant, accessible, and moving poems that explore the relentless discovery of environmental devastation, and the layers of human responsibility. Joseph Lease's poems enact a way of a way of learning to die, a way of witnessing and acknowledging personal and collective responsibility, a way of mourning, and a way of going on.

Author Biography

Joseph Lease's critically acclaimed books of poetry include Fire Season (Chax, 2024)The Body Ghost (Coffee House Press, 2018). Lease's poem " ' Broken World' (For James Assatly)" was anthologized in The Best American Poetry (Robert Creeley, Guest Editor). His poem " Free Again (Why don't people)" was published in The New York Times. Lease is a Professor of Writing and Literature at California College of the Arts.