Poetry collection by Everett Hoagland, winner of the 2023 American Book Award. Hoagland was New Bedford, Massachusetts' first Poet Laureate and is Emeritus Professor at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, where he created and sustained five black literature courses in addition to poetry workshops. His awards include two Massachusetts Artist Foundation Fellowships, the Gwendolyn Brooks Award and the 2015 Langston Hughes Society Award.