There Are Still Woods: Ebook

“A marvelous rendering of a world that is both known and incomprehensible. . . . Ratzabi offers her readers an ambitious yet intimate vision, threaded by faith, nature, art, and family [that] requires us to hold the earth and our mortality in a vulnerable reckoning, insisting that our lives are inseparable from a greater force, which might be love.” —Rachel Eliza Griffiths, author of Seeing the Body

“Hila Ratzabi’s beautiful collection walks us through the hurricanes and melting ice caps of our late anthropocene. . . . Her poems ache with environmental grief, with apostrophes of Arctic ice, with the joy of loving even in a burning world.” —Traci Brimhall, author of Our Lady of the Ruins

“Hila Ratzabi’s lyrics revitalize myth through an uncannily prescient subjectivity, a rare sense of the planet’s aliveness. Her poetry is embodied, never pretentious, and imbued with great dignity and sometimes amazing insight. Her voice, likewise, is charismatic, challenging, yet infinitely relatable. Such a gifted poet.” —Ariana Reines, author of A Sand Book

“This collection’s power lies in its minimalism, carefully structured couplets, and variety of poetic forms. . . . For those interested in climate change and its consequences, as well as ecopoetics, this collection is a must-read.” —US Review of Books