Trouble with Poetry Penology stripped of their masks of

stripped of their masks of gender and race by love and hatred at the most elemental and sublime

he suddenly found himself being deported "from the country of the well across the stark frontier that marks off the land of malady

With tools and practices to help us better understand and dismantle the many ways our bodies are weaponized to serve domination systems

mesmerizing story" (People) is an unflinching look into the abyss of slavery

Through eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family

Trouble with Poetry Penology stripped of their masks ofPlayfulness, spare elegance, and wit epitomize the poetry of Billy Collins. With his distinct voice and accessible language, America's two term Poet Laureate has opened the door to poetry for countless people for whom it might otherwise remain closed. Like the present book's title, Collins's poems are filled with mischief, humor, and irony, "Poetry speaks to all people, it is said, but here I would like to address only those in my own time zone" but