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Éireann Lorsung

Éireann Lorsung works in a field of images, objects, movement, and texts. She is a 2016 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, and her collections include The Century (Milkweed Editions, 2020), Pattern-book (Carcanet, 2025), and the forthcoming Pink Theory!, which Milkweed Editions will publish in 2027. Find more at ohbara.com.

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Holy Saturday

By Éireann Lorsung

My god—my apple blossom, my stand of crocus comingthrough the tubers of the iris, my blue crown, myiridescent night, my star strand, my golden: Even the dolors of the world […]