-Winner of the 2023 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize, selected by Richard Blanco-2026 Utah Artist Fellowship Recipient, selected by Lia Purpura-Utah Book Awards Notable Read-Named one of Kirkus Reviews**' “Best Indie Books of 2025”**-Artists of Utah's 15 Bytes Poetry Award FinalistIn The Book of Drought

For thousands of years, Great Salt Lake has played a surprisingly central role in the lives of humans and animals throughout the American West and across entire continents. Once a destination for wellness seekers, the lake’s alarming disappearance is already affecting skiing, tourism, and the region’s economic future. As humans continue to divert its waters for agriculture and mine its marshlands for industry, Great Salt Lake could vanish entirely within five years. A refuge for more than ...