Each poem in iCorvus and Crater iis a lens, a tractate, the short alphabet of light, a meditation. Begun from a limitation--54 poems with 54 syllables to commemorate a birthday of the same number--these poems move with raptor focus through the Alaskan landscape. The weather erases, offering a space for the writer--into and away from home, into rituals and remembering, in an attempt to locate. Through brush and into frozen air, Hollowell maps footsteps, water shifts, rivering constellations, and tree limb visitors. These pared down poems are deeply felt. Their vigil will stay on you Like a blunt print of a careless god's thumb. - Lauren Camp, author of iTook Housei and iOne Hundred HungersbribrAs soon as you begin Erin Coughlin Hollowell's stunning new collection you know you are in the hands of a poet who's totally in command of their craft. Born out of the chaos of a personal grief, these multi-layered and highly textured poems delve into the fathomless depths of the collective imagi