Praise for Worldly Things, the debut poetry collection by Michael Kleber-Diggs:
“The full-throated poems in this debut collection see the world whole, allowing daily intimacies against a backdrop of social injustice:
‘Neighbors chatting while sirens / gathered in volume, urgency.'”
–New York Times
“Michael Kleber-Diggs’ astonishing debut, winner of the 2021 Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, is a collection of perfectly crafted and expertly paced lyrics, each as arresting as the last.”
-Minneapolis Star Tribune
Worldly Things has won the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, the 2022 Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award, the 2022 Balcones Poetry Prize, the 2021 Poetry Center Book Award, and was selected as a finalist for the 2022 Minnesota Book Award
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