Scared Violent Like Horses. John McCarthy

Author’s poems have been widely published in Best New Poets 2015, Copper Nickel, Sycamore Review, and New Poetry from the Midwest 2017 Blurbs from breakout poets include Victoria Chang (prize judge), Alison Joseph, Matt Rasmussen, and Sara Eliza Johnson Book’s engagement with toxic masculinity (and more compassionate alternatives), violence, and rural landscapes/flyover country provides opportunities for wider coverage and crossover into larger markets The 2018 (and inaugural) Jake Adam York Prize winner was Analicia Sotelo’s Virgin , which was reviewed in the New York Times , was featured on PBS NewsHour and NBC News, and went into a pre-publication second printing