Rest is a vivid, powerful collection examining the human cost of crossing the border. In 2010, Margaree Little was working for a humanitarian mission near Tucson when, along with a group of volunteers, she found the unidentified dead body of a man, who a medical examiner would later estimate died at least six months before. This discovery serves as the jumping-off point to a stunning, elegiac series of poems commemorating an imagined, unknown life. Anchored by Little’s keen eye and unsparing self-reflection, this collection asks us to examine how a single life can affect so many others. “...these poems bear witness as they burn and burn.” (Eleanor Wilner) “...formidable, vital, human work.” (Mary Szybist) MARGAREE LITTLE received her BA from Brown University and MFA from Warren Wilson College. The recipient of a 2013 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and various fellowships, scholarships and residencies, Little teaches creative writing at Kenyon College. Awarded The 2018 Balcones Poetry Prize Received The Publishing Triangle's Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry