The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle Random House Sandra McPherson

Sandra McPherson

so enabling Lleshanaku to look back at the reality of her Albanian past and give voice to those who could not speak for themselves

and eulogies to dearly departed pets

Translated by Lola Rogers

The Trees The Trees by Heather Christle Random House Sandra McPherson'Heather Christle's poems may well be one of the places readers turn when they want to know what it was like to be young and paying attention in the early 21st century . . . Her poems are wide awake' Mark Doty In The Trees The Trees, each new line is a sharp turn toward joy and heartbreak, and each poem unfolds like a bat through the wild meaninglessness of the world. 'At least once per poem, you feel like the triple bars just lined up in the slot