“[A] rare thing . . . In these poems of turnpikes, water, and migraine light, filled with grief and life, the poet tells us it’s all right that ‘we don’t love / living.’” —RANDALL MANN
“Where are you? Where do you think you are? How do you know? Maps and Transcripts of the Ordinary World will quite possibly change your mind, or that part of your mind that thinks it knows, or relies on anything in print.” —MARY RUEFLE
“Beautifully written, masterfully structured, and brimming with insight into the natural world . . . It has the makings of an American classic.” —ANN PATCHETT
' Sea level rise is not some distant problem in a distant place. As Elizabeth Rush shows, it's affecting real people right now. Rising is a compelling piece of reporting, by turns bleak and beautiful.' - Elizabeth Kolbert