Holes: An Anthology of Poems about Depths, Darkness, and Desire

by Michael G. Khmelnitsky (Editor), James S. Chumsa (Editor), Hannah R. Mondiwa (Editor)

With poems from Marshall Bood, Sarah Butkovic, Stewart Buxton, Alison Chang, Koda Christensen, James S. Chumsa, Katherine DeCoste, Thomas Doerksen, M. A. Dubbs, Jacalyn Eyvonne, Matthew-Connor Fernandes, Hayden Finkelshtain, Addison Fulton, A. L. Garcia, Nemu Hyun-Joo, Isabella Iannetta, Michael G. Khmelnitsky, Jordan Mackinnon, Hannah R. Mondiwa, Ria Patel, Ethan Payne, Raielle, Zoey Stienstra, and Shawnda Wilson

🕳️ What is a hole? A thing that is both something and nothing, both there and not there. 🕳️ Where can you find holes? Just about everywhere and anywhere. You might begin in a hole or end up in one. Or encounter a hole that happens to be a portal, a passage to someplace new. Or seek safety or comfort by hiding in a hole. There are holes in your body that can hear, smell, eat, and excrete and there are supermassive black holes out in space that can swallow light itself; we have no idea what might be on the other end. 🕳️ Are all holes created equal? Far from it. Some holes are literal and others are figurative. Some are mystical and others are mundane. Some are wounds and others are scars. Some are donut holes and others are glory holes. Some holes can just never be filled. 🕳️ Are we obsessed with holes? It is human nature to reach out into new spaces, sometimes even blindly, afraid, urged forward by the longing to learn a secret, the drive to discover, the urge to transgress, to find the forbidden or the unknown. 🕳️ In this book—a whole collection of holes—we’d like you to join us in discovering all the things that a hole can be. 🕳️

102 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2024

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