Working Life NC Now Jayla is forced to

Now Jayla is forced to choose between love and the truth

-Kirkus Reviews (starred)

searingly observant

and seemingly-sentient creeping vine starts popping up everywhere and scooping 'Janes up

a queer punk rocker who died decades ago

Working Life NC Now Jayla is forced toFrom "one of the essential voices in American poetry" (New York Times) comes a rich new collection of expansive, light footed, and cheerfully foreboding poems oddly in tune with our strange and evolving present The first new collection since Evolution from the prolific poet, activist, and writer Eileen Myles, a "Working Life" unerringly captures the measure of life. Whether alone or in relationship, on city sidewalks or in the country, their lyrics