“Keith Ekiss’s remarkable first collection contrasts the finite imagination of the American dream with the enduring serenity and mystery of the Sonoran Desert. Free of sentiment and dream trance, Ekiss is a fair witness to one of America’s most sundered lands.”
— Michael Collier, author of The Missing Mountain, New & Selected Poems
“In the midst of dead fathers, blurred histories and lost peoples, the ‘flowering of drought’ and the ‘cleansing of roots’ is possible. In horizon-shaped lines and measured whorls of breath, Keith Ekiss guides us through the brave spaces between fire and desire. A brilliant collection for years to come.”
— Juan Felipe Herrera, author of Akrílica