Their Backs to the Sea

“A major accomplishment from one of America’s most radical poet-citizens . . . Randall’s own photographs which thread the collection are powerful and stunning reclamations as well. Brava!” —Anne Waldman, The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University

“Breathtaking . . . a kinetic, truly complex work of art.” —Jerome Rothenberg, author, Traditions of the Sacred

“Mystery, resistance, and grace haunt these pages. It is a pleasure . . . to travel these pages because the reader can be sure that the path is not without beauty. Margaret Randall is a rare poet—a seasoned historian who has not forgotten the primacy of the imagination.” —Akilah Oliver, author, The She Said Dialogues: Flesh Memory

“Margaret Randall writes poems of sympathy, intelligence, and witness . . . the full specificity of what the poem can do today.” —Samuel R. Delany, author, Dark Reflections