Scorched Earth: Poems TC_Bestseller When their bones are picked

When their bones are picked clean and their clean bones gone

an intricate and deadly system of magic

where faculty and students self-censor for fear of insulting or offending someone else

and Benjamin Burrows and Janie Scott are trying to live a safe

Scorched Earth: Poems TC_Bestseller When their bones are picked2025 National Book Award Finalist The striking sophomore poetry collection from the award winning author of the beautiful, vulnerable, honest (Ross Gay, New York Times bestselling author) I Cant Talk About the Trees Without the Blood. Dive between the borders of ruined and radical love with this lyrical poetry collection that explores topics as expansive as divorce, the first Black Bachelorette, and the art world. Stanzas shift between reverence to