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About the Author
Jennifer Militello is the poet laureate of New Hampshire. She is the author of the memoir Knock Wood and five collections of poetry, including, most recently, The Pact. Militello’s work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, American Poetry Review, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Poetry, Poetry London, The Poetry Review, and Poetry Wales. Her poem “Mansplaining” is recited by high school students across the nation each year as part of the Poetry Out Loud national arts education program. She has taught at Brown University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the Rhode Island School of Design, and is currently a faculty member in the MFA program at New England College.
Advanced Praise
“Militello’s language…is largely an exquisite example of the modern gothic: shadowy, beset by menacing weather and violent feelings, and positively bewitching.”
– Publishers Weekly
“Militello makes order out of chaos sentence after sounding sentence, and succeeds in helping us at least try to understand human frailties.”
– Booklist
Format: Paperback
Published: January 2026
ISBN: 9781961209442