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In his debut collection, Josh Sapan guides us through a lifetime of love and loss as he navigates death-of loved ones, of crickets, of houseplants-in an American landscape teeming with wonder and the promise of rebirth-in the stars, the wind, the minnows in the bay. In Rx, the prescription is literal ("blue-fog medicine breath") and figurative ("Love so big,/ it comes in a gigantic red box."). Sapan offers a glimpse into the sometimes painfully delicate and beautiful parts of life.
“Josh Sapan’s poems radiate with joy and empathy, presence and loss. Yet the emotions are held in tight focus by clean, sharp images and terse lines, which show us exactly how to step down through these compelling poems. It’s a balancing act worth applauding.”—Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate