Maybe The Body
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| Author | Asa L. Drake |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Tin House |
| Publication date | February 24, 2026 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback), ebook |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 978-1-963108-68-2 |
Maybe The Body is a 2026 poetry collection by Asa L. Drake, published by Tin House. It is Drake's debut full-length poetry collection.[1]
In interviews about the book, Drake said that many of the poems were written after she returned to the South, and described the collection as engaging with questions of belonging and diaspora.[2][3]
Reception
Publishers Weekly described the collection as "cerebral" and "polyphonic", saying that its poems address assimilation, ambivalent patriotism, and family inheritance.[4] A.D. Lauren-Abunassar, reviewing the book for Split Lip Magazine, wrote that it examines how the body is shaped by country, inheritance, and labor, and described it as having a "deeply embedded sense of both narrative and lyric devotion".[5] For Soapberry Review, Audrey Fong emphasized the collection's engagement with discomfort and pointed to its treatment of consumerism and citizenship.[6] It was also included a Poetry Northwest book list, where it was described as attentive to "the daily colonialisms of names and silences" and to the relationship between work and home.[7]
References
- ↑ "Maybe the Body by Asa Drake: 9781963108682". Penguin Random House. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Risley, Chelsea (February 24, 2026). ""Maybe the Body" Explores Personal and Political Connections to Place". Southern Review of Books. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Makeda, Tsahai (April 16, 2026). "Asa Drake on Maybe the Body, Poetry, and the Search for Home". Debutiful. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Maybe the Body by Asa Drake". Publishers Weekly. February 6, 2026. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Lauren-Abunassar, A.D. (February 14, 2026). "After Belonging, or A Few False Starts: On Asa Drake's Maybe the Body". Split Lip Magazine. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Fong, Audrey (February 24, 2026). "Discomfort in Maybe the Body: A review of Asa Drake's debut poetry collection". Soapberry Review. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
- ↑ Staff (February 19, 2026). "PoNW's Favorites". Poetry Northwest. Retrieved April 20, 2026.