Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open BOTY_2025 but above all she writes

but above all she writes with love— and an enduring faith that America can be its best self

buoyant wit

Dawn and her partner decided to call it quits

and fulfilment

• Stories of successful men

Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open BOTY_2025 but above all she writesDiane Seuss's poems grow out of the fertile soil of southwest Michigan, bursting any and all stereotypes of the Midwest and turning loose characters worthy of Faulkner in their obsession, their suffering, their dramas of love and sex and death. The first section of this collection pays homage to the poet's roots in a place where the world hands you nothing and promises less, so you are left to invent yourself or disappear. From there these poems both