“In Born Again, Michael Hardin calls on DNA, photons, quarks, atoms, chaos, Newtonian optics and astral dialogues as well as Dodger’s baseball cards, Arco animals and the secrets of an unconfessed cancer to give us a world we may enter, giving ourselves up to the intricacies of its rich register. Here is a poet who travels between science and faith in his well-crafted lines. Lines such as “Night shadows // claw at memories of fugitive slaves, dashing / from tree to barn, across Pennsylvania, New York // free, but not yet free.” give us a sense of the depth we find in this collection.” Margaret Randell, judge
- Born Again