American Zero

Winner of the Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize judged by Danez Smith.

If poetry were a biathlon, Stella Wong would take the gold. She's a solid skier and a crack shot, each poem a bullet hitting its mark. Thank God she's turned all of this energy and accuracy into poetry. 'Where do you put your body of color' she asks. Then proceeds to school everyone. Stella Wong is a force, a maker, a master. --D.A. Powell

You and Stella Wong are the last two people on Earth. You're going to witness her "ride in/to hell" and you will need to prepare yourself for the moment when she decides to use her "daddy voice" on Jesus. You're the last two people on Earth because the truth--the truth of Stella Wong's voice, the truth of these poems--has scared away the timid. But be strong. The apocalypse of American Zero is scary and dangerous, yes, but it's also a lot of fun. --Josh Bell