Written in the year after the birth of Matt Raders first daughter, Living Things honestly introduces the contradictions of the modern world: how what we see in daylight is less than whole / and also more so. Using words in lieu of sonar, theseMoreWritten in the year after the birth of Matt Raders first daughter, Living Things honestly introduces the contradictions of the modern world: how what we see in daylight is less than whole / and also more so.
Using words in lieu of sonar, these poems bounce off the ecology of shabby saturated grasses and panther-eyed armies of salal, and locate both author and reader within a literary genealogy. Matt Raders poetry brings subtle slowness to a chaotic, fast-paced environment. It is both celebration and documentation of this world and its relationship to all living things.