The Last Beast We Revel In

An unflinching look at the intimate, dwindling natural world and our desire for human connection.

Noah Davis’s The Last Beast We Revel In coalesces around love for one’s romantic partner, family, community, and the natural world. As the Appalachian Mountains continue to suffer from environmental catastrophes and abuses, the need to discover joy within the human and greater—than—human world is essential. In these poems, we travel with black bears and brook trouts, exploring old tunnel mines...