"Through more than a dozen collections, C.D. Wright pushed the bounds of imagination as she explored desire, loss and physical sensation. Her posthumously published book, _ShallCross_ features seven poem sequences that show her tremendous range in style and approach. As she considers, among other topics, some dark intuitions about human nature, she also nudges readers to question who is telling the story and where one’s thought can lead."—_The Washington Post_"Wright gets better with each book, expanding the reach of her art; it seems it could take in anything."—_Publishers Weekly_ "Wright belongs to a school of exactly one."—_New York Times Book Review_ "C.D. Wright is entirely her own poet, a true original."—_The Gettysburg Review_ In a turbulent world, C.D. Wright evokes a rebellious and dissonant ethos with characteristic genre-bending and expanding long-form poems. Accessing journalistic writing alongside filmic narratives, Wright ranges across seven poetic sequences, including a collaborative suite responding to photographic documentation of murder sites in New Orleans. _ShallCross _shows plain as day that C.D. Wright is our most thrilling and innovative poet. FROM "OBSCURITY AND ELEGANCE": _Whether or not the park was safe she was going in. A study concluded, for a park to be successful there had to be women. The man next to the monument must have broken away from her. Perhaps years before. That the bond had been carnal is obvious. He said he was just out clearing his head_ C.D. WRIGHT (1949-2016) taught at Brown University for decades and published over a dozen works of poetry and prose, including _One With Others,_ which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was nominated for a National Book Award; _One Big Self: An Investigation;_ and _Rising Falling Hovering_. Among her many honors are the Griffin International Poetry Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship.