Exploring what it means to be alive in this increasingly contradictory,
unjust, and frightening era in human history, award-winning poet Michael
Trussler grapples with the beauty and violence of the present in his new
collection, The History Forest.
Trussler's vivid, sensory, surreal writing explores the myriad ways that
wonder can exist alongside suffering. He ruminates on nuclear war,
school shootings, and ecological destruction, alongside his own
experiences with mental health, aging, and loss.