Hurrah's Nest (Cedar Tick Natural History Chapbook)
Arisa White's poems allow us to bear witness alongside her to the sound and vision of a family desperately searching for itself inside its wounds, afflictions and brief triumphs. A dynamic debut for a voice unafraid to "tread the shit that mothers this ground." --Tyehimba Jess, author ofleadbellyEvery once in a great while, a poet with an immediately recognizable voice appears. Arisa White is such a poet.  --Chase Twichell, author ofHorses Where the Answers Should Have BeenArisa White's passionate and particular poetry and prose present us with opportunities to feel deeply, and to think along with her what she knows about our world. This book needs reading. --Dara Wier, author ofReverse RaptureArisa White's Hurrah's Nest is a beautiful, troubling, sad, important book. These poems manage to be unflinchingly autobiographical and real, while also remaining fully and gorgeously poetic. --Matthew Zapruder, author ofCome on All You GhostsIn Arisa White'sHurrah's Nest,be struck by its narrative revelation. But be attentive also to the author's poetry-making.... Tercets, couplets, surprising line breaks, assonances, and consonances abound. --Cheryl Clarke, author ofThe Days of Good Looks