FixerA New York Times Editors Choice book from the author of the award winning Tap Out a gritty, insightful debut (Washington Post) Edgar Kunzs second poetry collection propels the reader across the shifting terrain of late capitalist America. Temp jobs, conspiracy theories, squatters, talk therapy, urban gardening, the robot revolution: this collection fixes its eye on the strangeness of labor, through poems that are searching, keen, and wry. The

the Capulets can escape their vampire fate

a reminiscence of his working-class Scottish upbringing

tells the story of what happened next

Weary discovers that

she’ll love living in the same place as her best-friend-cousin

A story that will be found and enjoyed and dreamed about for years to come

it’s a shock to everyone

with no way to repay it

100 Promises to My Baby is that gift -- a covenant with her child that reflected her own deepening awareness of the sacred responsibilities of parenthood

Her fellow faculty members seem uncomfortable with her

What’s inside

paradigm-shifting proposals address some of the most pressing concerns in our country today—from corporate crime to tax reform to health care and housing—and they should find a receptive audience not only among liberals