All the Air We Will Ever Breathe

<p>Ruth Cassel Hoffman’s debut collection of poetry draws on images from nature to open the reader’s eyes to the beauty the awkwardness the deep sadness—everything that is right or wrong—about daily life. The poet moves from garden tomatoes to death from lightning bugs to impermanence from a funeral to an affirmation of life from a doe in a marsh to hope. She seizes incidents and moments and unwraps them before our eyes. Transformative powerful wry or funny these poems offer new ways to see objects and events and explore how we find our place in this world.</p>