Other Edens: Volume 33

Other Edens captures the heartache that arises from hope's repeated failures. The poems explore how grief (re)shapes belief and how death (re)shapes memory. Readers of Frank Stanford's poetry might find a kinship between his and Bowen's depictions of menace in the world, particularly in the rural South, where violence patiently waits to be useful to someone. Bowen's poems are stark and terse, eschewing any poetic impulses to repaint the world as anything but a demoralizing series of crushing disappointments.

Author: Ash Bowen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 05/15/2026
Series: Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781574419979