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Maybe the Body: Poems

Maybe the Body: Poems

Drake, Asa

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General Poetry

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 196310868X
ISBN13: 9781963108682
Publisher: Tin House
Published: Feb 24 2026
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Debutiful Best Debut Book of 2026

Radiant . . . a generous offering full of flora and fury. --Aimee Nezhukumatathil

A brilliant debut poetry collection by National Poetry Series finalist Asa Drake that explores the lineage and future lineage of a body shaped by economic, ecological, and political dissonance.

In her stunning debut poetry collection, Maybe the Body, Asa Drake witnesses firsthand the conflicts between art and patriotism, labor and longing. She reaches for the lush landscapes--real and recounted--of the Philippines and the American South as she traces the lineage of a body shaped by economic, ecological, and political dissonance. As one poem reminds us, it's so hard to write about love without writing about the country we live in. These thirty-eight poems, threaded together with a six-part braided sequence, bind a multigenerational conversation between grandmothers, mothers, and aunts through a range of forms, from pantoums to prose poems. With its vivid imagery and an unforgettable lyrical perspective, Maybe the Body reconsiders the natural transactions of work, intimacy, and the poem itself.

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