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The poems in Akbar's highly anticipated second collection (after Calling a Wolf a Wolf) span and invert boundaries, addressing addiction, faith, language, history, self, family, and power. Instead of purporting to provide answers ("obviousness ruins things"), the poems exist in between—"Somewhere between wonder./And shame"—like the messy experience of being. Embedded in each poem is the question of how to live and what re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More