“Maria Gray is a poet whose lines forge that ever-so-rare balance between ferocity and tender grace, often in the same breath. Shifting effortlessly between the profane and profound, heartbreak and irrevocable joy, the voice here seems the sum total of our times, distilled into an architecture so surefooted, so capacious, it is hard to imagine that she's only getting started. We’ll be hearing from this poet, thank god, for many years to come.”