
Culture
Poem: ‘Death Cap’
Science in meter and verse
Faith Shearin's seven poetry collections include Moving the Piano, Darwin's Daughter and, most recently, Lost Language (Press 53, 2020). Her new young adult novel, Lost River, 1918, is due out this summer, to be followed next year by Horse Latitudes, a book of short stories. Credit: Nick Higgins
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