A Bestiary

Chosen by Wayne Koestenbaum as the winner of the 2015 Essay Collection Competition, this book from Cleveland State University Poetry Center gathers pieces that move between essay and fragment. Its writing pairs tenderness with sharper, more volatile feelings, and the work is built from short sections that gradually form a larger whole.

Lily Hoang, the author, has published four books, among them Changing, which received a PEN Open Books Award. Two novels, Old Cat Lady and The Book of Martha, are forthcoming. She also co-edited The Force of What's Possible: Writers on Accessibility and the Avant-Garde. She teaches in the MFA program at New Mexico State University, where she serves as Associate Department Head, and she works as Prose Editor for Puerto del Sol and Non-Fiction Editor for Drunken Boat.