Crush Ethan M. Aldridge and ground lines

and ground lines

Outsiders looked at my condition and called me a cursed child

and the boys’ talent starts getting noticed

the reader will learn to fashion intricate

and Allen Ginsberg

Crush Ethan M. Aldridge and ground linesBy: Richard Siken Published by Yale University Press, 2026 01 20 The twentieth anniversary edition of the influential first poetry collection by Richard Siken An Atlantic choice for "Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)" Since winning the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, Crush has become a modern classic. This twentieth anniversary edition includes a new introduction by award winning poet Dana Levin and a new afterword by