Reviewed by Nikki Ummel Kaveh Akbar’s second collection of poetry, published by Graywolf Press, debuted in August of 2021. A modest 76 pages, Pilgrim
stepped forward into Brush Knee, said one way to slow down is to imagine you are following just the barest hair’s breadth behind the
Imagine a hell boring as Kansas, cattle trucks rattling freeways with belching hogs or heifers, dentist waiting rooms and parking lots. When no one
Not aloe or jade, or elephant bush, the thick skin of succulent. Not yucca, or enduring cactus, stoic digging root into rocky crag. The