Description

In Morales’s newest collection, an imagined zombie apocalypse intertwines with personal narrative. From zombie dating to the sin of popcorn ceilings, these poems investigate the nature of impermanence while celebrating the complexities of life.

About the author(s)

Juan J. Morales is an assistant professor of English at Colorado College. He is the author of three other books of poetry, including The Handyman’s Guide to End Times: Poems (UNM Press). He lives in Pueblo, Colorado.

Reviews

Above all, this is a timely collection. It is something I feel the contemporary poetry community sorely needs--a personal collection that still reaches for the universal, a collection that captures a particular generational experience . . . that is lacking in our current cultural milieu.--Michael Rather, Jr., Concho River Review

These poems are imbued with the work of trying to understand the histories of broken things like unions, selves, homes, pasts. They carry strategies for survival even as they document crisis and loss.--Aracelis Girmay, author of Kingdom Animalia: Poems

These poems are imbued with the work of trying to understand the histories of broken things like unions, selves, homes, pasts. They carry strategies for survival even as they document crisis and loss.--Aracelis Girmay, author of Kingdom Animalia: Poems

These poems are filled with energy and velocity and are at once intimate and grand. Smart, sharp, and intimate, Morales is a truly gifted writer.--Kevin Prufer, author of How He Loved Them

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