The Murmuring Grief of the Americas You Can Be the Last Leaf is seen by American gangster

is seen by American gangster John Dillinger

to the daily wonder of a poet's life in New York City and beyond – into lush-and sometimes horrible-dream worlds

the Herman de Coninck Prize and De Grote Poëzieprijs

puts something at stake

The Murmuring Grief of the Americas You Can Be the Last Leaf is seen by American gangsterDaniel Borzutzky In The Murmuring Grief of the Americas, 2016 National Book Award winner Daniel Borzutzky holds to account the private interests driving Western humanitarian decisions, laying bare the immense toll of exploitative labor practices and the self serving nature of authoritative bodies. These powerful, musical poems explore our hemispheric grief under the yokes of labyrinthine immigration policies, militarized policing, and mass capitalism.