“Book Descriptions: Powerfully, musically rich poems that explore hemispheric grief caused by mass capitalism, militarized policing, and nightmarish urban and immigration policies.
“All I ever wanted is to keep the police away from the outside of my body and keep the police away from the inside of my body.” In The Murmuring Grief of the Americas , 2016 National Book Award winner Daniel Borzutzky holds to account the private interests driving Western humanitarian decisions, laying bare the immense toll of exploitative labor practices and the self-serving nature of authoritative bodies.” DRIVE