What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump
by Julia Alvarez, Danez Smith, Juan Felipe Herrera, Gary Soto, Kwame Dawes, Dorianne Laux, Brian Turner, Tim Seibles, Jane Hirshfield, Don Share, Donald Hall, Demetria Martinez, Naomi Shihab Nye, Elizabeth Alexander, Cyrus Cassells, Yusef Komunyakaa, Kamilah Aisha Moon, Patricia Smith, Tara Betts, Marilyn Nelson, Doug Anderson, Richard Michelson, Paul Mariani, Martín Espada, Luis J. Rodriguez, Tarfia Faizullah, Patrick Rosal, Richard Blanco, Ocean Vuong, George Wallace, Rafael Campo, Willie Perdomo, Sam Hamill, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Marge Piercy, Aracelis Girmay, E. Ethelbert Miller, Robert Pinsky, Chen Chen, George Evans, Paul Martinez Pompa, Emmy Pérez, Naomi Ayala, Benjamin Balthaser, Sean Bates, Jan Beatty, Hayan Charara, Brian Clements, Jim Daniels, Chard Deniord, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Dante Distefano, Kathy Engle, Dr. Carolyn Forché, Denice Frohman, Danielle Legros Georges, Aracelis _Delete_Girmay, Ruth Goring, Adam Grabowski, Laurie Anne Guerrero, Samuel Hazo, Everett Hoagland, Lawrence Joseph, Julio Marzán, Marty Mcconnell, Leslie Mcgrath, David Mura, John Murillo, Maria Nazos, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, Sasha Pimentel, Gabriel Ramírez, Luivette Resto, Peggy Robles-Alvarado, William Pitt Root, Joseph Ross, Nicholas Samaras, Ruth Irupé Sanabria, Lauren Schmidt, Katherine Dibella Seluja, Mark Turcotte, Chase Twichell, Pamela Uschuk, Elisabet Velasquez, Richard Villar, Afaa M. Weaver, Eleanor Wilner, Daisy Zamora, Marcelo Hernández Castillo, Brenda Marie Osbey, Bruce Weigl, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, Torrin A. Greathouse, Adrian Louis
What Saves Us gathers poems of empathy and outrage from a remarkably broad group of poets responding to political and social life in the age of Trump. Featuring established and emerging voices, this collection explores how poetry can bear witness, create connection, and answer a turbulent moment.
About This Book
What Saves Us is a poetry collection centered on empathy and outrage in the age of Trump.
Bringing together a large and varied group of poets, the anthology presents many voices engaging with contemporary political and social life.
Its contributors include Julia Alvarez, Danez Smith, Juan Felipe Herrera, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ocean Vuong, Robert Pinsky, and many others.
The collection offers poetry as a space for reflection, resistance, and shared response to a turbulent era.
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