A long overdue debut. Morgan DePue’s poetry has been bookworthy for more than a decade. Still, as fantastic as these are, no printed version will ever convey the power of her voice and delivery style. So when you get the chance to hear her read these live, take it. In the meantime, enjoy the opportunity to ponder these “missives on the mindfulness of meticulous observation” that will help you “see beauty in broken things.”
—Scott Owens, author of The Song Is Why We Sing

Morgan A. DePue has the heart of a Beatnik—searching, insistent, rebellious—and the mind of a prophet—troubled by the present but able to see glimmers of a better tomorrow. This book is a journey, on which readers will revel in the beauty of nature and delight in the community that is possible should we choose, as DePue does, to live bravely and love unflinchingly.
—Zackary Vernon, author of Our Bodies Electric

Morgan DePue drags you, unyieldingly, through the holy and profane, seeking answers and absolution in the mysterious certitude of the natural world. Woven from shoe-pebbles, stale beer, and star-gazing, these poems are unapologetically raw in their pilgrimage to enlightenment. Paying homage to the Beat generation, DePue compels you to open your eyes to the gorgeous and grotesque, the marvelous and mundane, and insists, only then, that you have a chance at finding yourself. —Jenny Moyer, Poet, halfway