Description:
A temporary shelter is where we go when we're looking for safety and comfort during difficult times. At home, it may be your family kitchen. In your favorite woods, it could be a cabin or a tent that keeps out weather and other threats. It might also be a favorite memory or the loved ones you prefer near you. The poems in this collection find Grant Clauser discovering solace and hope in shelters of many kinds as the outside world falls apart. Temporary Shelters asks (and answers) the question: Where do we take shelter, emotionally and physically, in moments of crisis?
Brief description: Grant Clauser is the author of several books, including Muddy Dragon on the Road to Heaven (2020) and Reckless Constellations (2018). His poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, Greensboro Review, and Tar River Poetry. He teaches in Rosemont College's MFA program and works for The New York Times.