American family : a syndrome
(Book)

"[T]he poet says the sound coming from a person’s skin is an 'auditory / pheromone or territorial / marking made by the body / wherein the host is unaware.' But if the patient is not clar what song emits from these syndromes that populate American Family, the poet most certainly can hear it. The poems here observe intently. They listen as carefully for the snap of a neckbone to know a chicken is ready to be cleaned as they watch for signs of panic by people facing police violence and mob rage. Throughout this collection, it is the poet’s sensitivity that yields the tenderness of the work." --back cover