The Ocean In the Next Room by Sarah V. Schweig Paperback Book 9781571315632

Winner of the Jake Adam York Prize this collection of poems seeks answers about how to live meaningfully in a world saturated by late capitalismquotThe question isnt what existsquot writes Sarah V Schweig in her engrossing and prizewinning collection amp8220The question is what doesnamp8217t die with usamp8221 Positioned from within the morass of modernday living The Ocean in the Next Room searches for the hard abiding particles of truth buried beneath our frenzied consumer culture Stillness Sunsets The circadian rhythm of trees These poems guide us to look past branding contentcreation and relentless jargon to find meaning in those layers of the world that operate without human interventionIn verse that is at once inventive and innately familiar Schweig unpacks the urge to make art life and connections even at the risk of becoming further entangled in the Anthropocene Profound and clearsighted this collection urges us to lift our gazes from our screens and really look at the world around us If we measure our attentions and sharpen our intentions if we amp8220try again to write the true thingsamp8221 we might spy something real on the horizon