In the Middle of a Better World: Poems Girls & Women These heroes and heroines emerge

These heroes and heroines emerge from adversity into triumph

but rather the awkward thirteen-year-old with "arms thick as drinking straws

This collection eschews the contemporary trend of "reactive" or "responsive" writing in the genre of Appalachian studies

A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie

In the Middle of a Better World: Poems Girls & Women These heroes and heroines emergeWhat do we risk by living our most authentic lives? More importantly, what do we gain? In the Middle of a Better World is a queer guide to love and identity, a collection both formally inventive and infused with a bright, shimmering imagination. Part elegy, part battle cry, this highly anticipated new collection by Grant Chemidlin is unabashedly joyous in its exploration of desire, human connection, and community those we're born into and those we