Rae Armantrout’s poetry comprises one of the most refined and visionary bodies of work written over the last forty years. These potent, compact meditations on our complicated times reveal her observant sensibility, lively intellect, and emotional complexity. This generous volume charts the evolution of Armantrout’s mature, stylistically distinct work. In addition to 25 new poems, there are selections from her books Up To Speed, Next Life, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award winning volume Versed, Money Shot, Just Saying, and Itself. Including some of her most brilliant pieces, Partly affirms Armantrout’s reputation as one of our sharpest and most innovative writers.New and selected poetry from Pulitzer prize-winning author Rae ArmantroutACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR NEW PART OF PARTLY FROM UP TO SPEED Up to Speed Currency The Fit Middle Men End Times Seconds Next Generations Upper World Once Almost Phrasing? FROM NEXT LIFE Tease Two, Three Close Thing Empty The Subject Reversible Yonder Framing Make if New Again Yoohoo Next Life Twizzle? FROM VERSED Results Versed Address Vehicles A Resemblance Operations Guess Scumble Presto What We Mean Later Own On Your Way Around Dark Matter Unbidden Simple Djinn Missing Persons Integer Remaining Hoop Anchor Pass FROM MONEY SHOT Staging Across Prayers Fuel The Gift Spin Bubble Wrap Answer Autobiography: Urn Burial Soft Money Advent With Outage Duration Errands Exact Money Talks Long Green Number? FROM JUST SAYING Scripture Instead Dress Up Accounts Ghosted Spent Haunts The Look At Least My Apocalypse Arrivals Transactions Scale And Experts Between Islands Luster Progress Bardos Mother's Day Meant FROM ITSELF Chirality A Conceit Conló