[08/31/26] Townley, Wyatt: Making the Turn

Lost Horse Press, paperback

Publication Date: August 31, 2026

Publisher Marketing:

Life takes many turns from birth to death and back, through love and illness, trauma and ecstasy. In MAKING THE TURN, Wyatt Townley navigates these sometimes sharp and hairpin curves with brilliance and grace. Each section bookmarks a turn in life that turns toward the next. Leaving becomes returning, turning away becomes turning around, and revolution becomes revelation.

Punctuated by profound art by renowned Chinese artist Hong Chun Zhang, MAKING THE TURN speaks across race, age, and culture.

"I love these poems. Townley’s work is marvelous — spare and full at the same time." — Andrei Codrescu

"These poems are gorgeous, wise, and full of the deep presence. This book is Townley’s poetic gifts at their finest." — Traci Brimhall

"This powerfully unified collection reaches beyond the earthly to intuit and ponder the severe architecture of the cosmos….MAKING THE TURN offers a rare feast of embodied beauty, courage, and wisdom." — Rachel Hadas