Hardly Creatures by Rob Macaisa Colgate

“Colgate radically reenvisions how a text might support its reader… [his] generous and perceptive poems make an impact.” — Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“Revelatory and frank… An honest exploration of the intersections of power and fallibility, of interdependence of care and community.” — Lit Hub

“Hardly Creatures shows readers the limitless possibilities poetry has to reimagine and reach new heights.” — Chicago Review of Books, a Must Read Book of May 2025

“Inventive and creative in approach… Rob Macaisa Colgate writes about his disability community with a deep sense of kinship, joy and honesty, providing an illuminating experience for readers.” — San Francisco Chronicle