Slow Wreckage is Crooker’s tenth book of poems. She has always been a sharp noticer, especially of the natural world and the visual arts. Reading her poetry feels like putting on a new pair of glasses ...

She defeats all odds—with some help from the Polynesian demigod Maui and the ocean itself, who is a character in the plot as ...

Let nature hypothesize man’s indifference to it. Let nature take a turn at saying what love is!

Maintaining the ability to be shocked by heartless cruelty is what makes us human, and the only thing, at times, which keeps the flame of hope alive.