In the Middle of a Better World: Poems Girls & Women in particular an expanded interest

in particular an expanded interest in the social and psychological consequences of popular culture and mass media

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

A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love

Time to Come Home

is in fact its direct descendant

In the Middle of a Better World: Poems Girls & Women in particular an expanded interestWhat 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