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A moving and kinetic collection of poetry from the 2018 winner of the National Poetry Series, selected by Monica YounUnexpected, unusual, and stirring, the poetry of Rosalie Moffett "takes us to the brink of a world continually unmaking itself," (Georgia Review).

Sometimes June in Eden occupies a garden in a wild landscape. Other times, we're given a terrain where the coveted tree is one that hides a cell tower, where lungs are likened to ATMs and prayers are sent via text message. Rosalie Ruth Moffett's debut collection of poetry, June in Eden, questions the human task of naming in a time where there are "new kinds of war that keep / changing the maps," where little mistakes-preying or praying, for instance-are easily made. The heart of this book is an obsession with language, its slippages and power, what to do when faced...