ISBN: 9781946830418

Soul Patch was selected for the 2025 Off the Grid Prize by poet Gregory Orr, who describes it as a work “full of strong lyric wit and moral fervor.” It is also full of fight. Glaser’s irreverence and fury (“I take my adrenaline straight, with a dash of bitters”) act as a balm, a proverbial patch in these times of daily injury, bracing readers for the next blow. “Listen,” the poet urges. “Sometimes things have to get ugly / Before beauty shows itself.”