Franklinstein

"A church of stained glass truth-telling."

—Yolanda Wisher

Covers

"A tour de translation that brings Dante up to speed with the 21st century.

—Jules Boykoff

248mgs., a panic picnic

"This book is unlike anything else I've ever read."

—Juliana Spahr

About the Book

What to Carry Into the Future came out of a quest to ride every NYC subway line end to end. Set within New York City’s subways, streets, and waterways, these poems explore the forms resilience and recovery take in the face of ongoing crises. The collection charts the continuous aftermath of catastrophe—9/11, Sandy, COVID, etc.—alongside the city’s many pleasures—the Wonder Wheel, tulip trees, strangers on a train breaking out into song. It is an unconditional love letter to a place whose conditions are not the easiest to love.

Excerpts from What to Carry Into the Future

A sidewalk cellar door opens to show a dark staircase. Above it a yellow sign that reads lottery.

Holly Says Sobriety Is Paying Attention

Poem-a-Day, Academy of American Poets

Shorakkopoch Rock

About Place Journal

Jamaica Bay under a blue sky with houses in the horizon

Juliana Went to the Water to Sedate, Cleanse, Escape

The Brooklyn Rail

A man holding a fish by the mouth appears on the pier at Coney Island, seated on a scooter. Behind him, the iconic parachute jump and a couple facing the water.

Sidewalk Naturalist

Hot Pink Mag

The Union Street bridge over the Gowanus with the Downtown Brooklyn skyline at the horizon's skyline in the horizon

Ping’s Water Overwrites Everything Mankind Tries To Do

Three Fold Press

Green bushes overgrown cover up the subway station sign so that it reads Duct N Conduit

A Train Refrain

The Tiny