Advice for the Boys

"These are poems of mortality, of loss, of generational nuance and dissonance and wisdom in the landscape of contemporary American violences. . . . They reflect the aesthetics of labor, of getting by. The forms of these poems feature short lines, a hushed compression, just right for the haunted resonance of their subjects, the landscapes infused with ghosts." -Diane Seuss, winner of the Pulitzer Prize