"...an artifact of deep, intentional care. The metaphorical landscape is nearly cubist, how ideas and vocabularies rearrange themselves from poem to poem, giving the reader a new way to see. The forms, both inventive and anchored in tradition, paired with a docupoetic relationship to source, are demonstrative of the obsessive attention to the page reminiscent of Glück and Carson. Through its combination of textures, of weaving languages and themes, +Milklings+ is a rhizomatic forest you don't immediately realize is a single tree, a collection creating oxygen to help you breathe." -Wheeler Light, Author of Blue Means Snow In this brilliant sophomore collection, Wohletz erodes the false duality between the physical body and the divine. Through religious artifacts, human emotion, and the alchemical fluids of the birthing body, +Milklings+ creates its own language and paradigm. To call this an elevation would be misleading-in the world of this collection, we are reminded of the divinity the body has always carried." -Hailey Spencer, Author of Glass Labyrinth With careful observation and precise language, the poems honor intimate, life-giving processes and the spirituality of the body. They draw us to consider the wonders of molecules and organs, then broaden the gaze to encompass the world. This collection makes physiology poetic. With its rich, intriguing language and unique imagery, it is an astonishing, wonderful read." -Agnes Vojta, Author of Love Song to Gravity Reeling with the potential energy of uncorked champagne, +Milklings+ melds science, history, ekphrasis, and experience to create a sanguine narrative of intuition and appetite." -Erica Reid, Author of Ghost Man on Second