"McDaniel's language trains every particle of your attention on the surface and what stirs beneath."—C.D. Wright
Inspired by the comic series
The 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 of
Saltwater Empire
and
Murder (a violet)
, a National Poetry Series selection. Born in Florida, McDaniel now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, teaches at the Universityof Michigan, and writes for
The Constant Critic
.