The Murmuring Grief of the AmericasThe Murmuring Grief of the Americas

"In The Murmuring Grief of the Americas, 2016 National Book Award winner Daniel Borzutzky holds to account the private interests driving Western humanitarian decisions, laying bare the immense toll of exploitative labor practices and the self-serving nature of authoritative bodies. These powerful, musical poem explore our hemispheric grief under the yokes of labyrinthine immigration policies, militarized policing, and mass capitalism."--Page 4 of cover.