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A remarkable poetry collection from Clint Smith the 1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Critics Circleawardwinning author ofHow the Word Is Passed

Clint Smiths vibrant and compelling new collection traverses the vast emotional terrain of fatherhood and explores how becoming a parent has recalibrated his sense of the world There are poems that interrogate the ways our lives are shaped by both personal lineages and historical institutions There are poems that revel in the wonder of discovering the world anew through the eyes of your children as they discover it for the first time There are poems that meditate on what it means to raise a family in a world filled with constant social and political tumultAbove Groundwrestles with how we hold wonder and despair in the same hands how we carry intimate moments of joy and a collective sense of mourning in the same body Smiths lyrical narrative poems bring the reader on a journey not only through the early years of his childrens lives but through the changing world in which they are growing upthrough the changing world of which we are all a part

Above Groundis a breathtaking collection that follows Smiths first awardwinning book of poetryCounting Descent