Special Powers and Abilities by Raymond McDaniel, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

McDaniel's language trains every particle of your attention on the surface and what stirs beneath."-C. D. WrightInspired by the comic seriesThe Legion of Super-Heroes, Raymond McDaniel's poems morph superheroes into religious and mythological narratives. Using a range of traditional forms-versets, kennings, and sonnets-his poems consider the history of how we look at the future and take on an almost Talmudic complexity. Raymond McDaniel is the author ofSaltwater Empire andMurder (a violet), a National Poetry Series selection. Born in Florida, McDaniel now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, teaches at the University of Michigan, and writes forThe Constant Critic. " | Special Powers and Abilities by Raymond McDaniel, Paperback | Indigo Chapters