Praise & Reviews
“Here is a poet who knows something secret, and it is with profound, urgent acuity that Holtland reminds us how “the curve of the earth comes to meet you, to the smallest portions of the soul.’” — Jennifer S. Cheng
“Smart and emotionally complex, these poems create a beautiful meditation moving us around our changing earth with elegance and precision—an intellectual nod to our current times.” — Kelli Russell Agodon
“Holtland explores the hazardous contingency that defines our planetary moment […] The spare, sinuous song of this poetry nurtures possibility amid peril, for Holtland’s probing, restorative attention is never passive, but instead moves with the vitality of necessity.” — Elizabeth Robinson
“[H]er lyric exists simultaneously at the level of the sequence, the fragment, the word. Even the smallest unit contains the whole in a way that is reminiscent of, say, Fanny Howe or Sylvia Legris.” — rob mclennan
“This is sublime poetry. I am astonished at how complete and free of misstep Holtland’s debut proves to be.” — After the Pause
“Her poems advocate for a collective approach to healing, enacted by a truly communal we that runs through the book.” — Harbor Review
“This book truly is the great conversation of a communal we.” — Maudlin House
“For thinking about how our spiritual state connects us to the life of the environment and to the health of the world’s climate, there are few better places to start than with […] Requisite.” — EcoTheo Review
“The author strips away familiar, comforting platitudes, leaving no room for a passive life.” — Gertrude Press
“Read Requisite and be drawn into a breathtaking poetry examining environmental loss and our human calling to participate in the earth’s redemption.” — Cider Press Review
“An outstanding and exceptional release from a poet who is deeply connected with, interested in, and invested in the rapidly changing world. It is both quiet and loud, both enduring and abrupt.” — North of Oxford
Cover artwork by Lorna Simpson
Cover and interior layout by Peter Barnfather
