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Assured and succinct, Driskell articulates a personal philosophy of life that, while tending toward pessimism, might still envision “the thought that everything / will be okay wrestling down / the thought that it won’t.”
The print version of this exploration of poetry and imagery won the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry and an NAACP Image Award. This audio is equally impactful and is a must for any poetry or photography collection.
Dimitrov’s collection is fast paced, in-the-moment, and reflective. It is sure to make connections with readers, both those who are familiar with his writing and those who are newly discovering it.
While Wheeler’s technical skill and inventiveness, particularly her ability to write what seem like two poems at once, are salient, they never upstage the urgency inherent in her subject matter: the complex interplay between the raw, lived experiences of ordinary life and the uncertain, unknowable forces--he mycelium--that generate those experiences.