Even though, as Sadre-Orafai writes, “water isn’t easy to read,” reading or rather swimming through this book might be what saves you. I was willing to become “even more animal” spending time with these poems. Are you?

Alison C. Rollins

These poems protect and empower. They restore language to its proper magic.

Diane Seuss

Paper Cotton Leather is an exhilarating and moving debut.

Eduardo C. Corral