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The Gospel according to Wild Indigo(1st Edition)
(Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)
by Cyrus Cassells
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2018 by Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3660-9, ISBN: 0-8093-3660-X

"Finalist for the Balcones Poetry Prize, 2018 Finalist for the Helen C. Smith Award for the Best Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters, 2019 Nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature in Poetry, 2019 Consisting of two dynamic song cycles, Cyrus Cassells’s sixth poetry volume, The Gospel according to Wild Indigo, keeps the reader on edge with a timeless and beguiling feast of language that fuses together h ..."

Still Life with Children
by Cyrus Cassells, Francesc Parcerisas
Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 2019 by Stephen F. Austin University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-62288-543-5, ISBN: 1-62288-543-0

"Awarded the Souerette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation of a Book from the Texas Institute of Letters Cyrus Cassells’ vibrant translations grow on the page as though the essence of Francesc Parcerisas’ work has also moved forward in a Janus-like fashion. These translations are not simply the same poems in a different language; Cassells has crafted new poetry. The gentle and delicate rhythms of Parcerisas have been contracted into ..."

The World That the Shooter Left Us(First Edition)
(Paperback)
by Cyrus Cassells
Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2022 by Four Way Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-954245-09-9, ISBN: 1-954245-09-2

""Taking his cue from the Civil Rights and Vietnam War era poets and songwriters who inspired him in his youth, Cyrus Cassells presents, in a new, full-on mode, his most breathtaking and risk-taking work to date: in the wake of the Stand ..."

More Than Watchmen At Daybreak
by Cyrus Cassells
Paperback, 44 Pages, Published 2020 by Nine Mile Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-73266-007-6, ISBN: 1-73266-007-7

"NOTE: Pre-publication orders on and after March 1, 2020. Publication date is April 6, 2020. Comment on More Than Watchmen At Daybreak, by Spencer Reece, author of The Clerk´s Tale and The Road to Emmaus: Praise be to More than Watchmen at Daybreak. Cyrus Cassells' title derives from Psalm 130. The line before? "My soul is longing for the Lord." These twelve poems log time Cassells spent in silence in a hermitage with the Benedictine Br ..."

What Saves Us
Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump
by Martín Espada, Julia Alvarez, Doug Anderson, Naomi Ayala, Benjamin Balthaser, Sean Bates, Jan Beatty, Tara Betts, Richard Blanco, Rafael Campo, Cyrus Cassells, Hayan Charara, Chen Chen, Brian Clements, Jim Daniels, Kwame Dawes, Chard Deniord, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Dante Distefano, Kathy Engle, George Evans, Tarfia Faizullah, Denice Frohman, Danielle Legros Georges, Aracelis Girmay, Ruth Goring, Adam Grabowski, Laurie Anne Guerrero, Sam Hamill, Samuel Hazo, Juan Felipe Herrera, Jane Hirshfield, Hoagland Everett, Lawrence Joseph, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dorianne Laux, Paul Mariani, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Marty Mcconnell, Leslie Mcgrath, Richard Michelson, E. Ethelbert Miller, Kamilah Aisha Moon, David Mura, John Murillo, Maria Nazos, Marilyn Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, Willie Perdomo, Marge Piercy, Sasha Pimentel, Robert Pinsky, Luivette Resto, Peggy Robles-Alvarado, William Pitt Root, Patrick Rosal, Joseph Ross, Nicholas Samaras, Lauren Schmidt, Seibles Tim, Katherine Dibella Seluja, Don Share, Patricia Smith, Gary Soto, Mark Turcotte, Brian Turner, Chase Twichell, Pamela Uschuk, Elisabet Velasquez, Richard Villar, Ocean Vuong, George Wallace, Afaa M. Weaver, Eleanor Wilner, Daisy Zamora, Danez Smith, Ruth Irupé Sanabria, Elizabeth Alexander, Dr. Carolyn Forché, Demetria Martínez, Paul Martínez Pompa, Julio Marzán, Emmy Peréz, Gabriel Ramírez, Luis J. Rodríguez, Marcelo Hernández Castillo, Brenda Marie Osbey, Donald Hall, Bruce Weigl, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, Torrin A. Greathouse, Adrian Louis
Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2019 by Curbstone Books 2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-4077-6, ISBN: 0-8101-4077-2

"This is an anthology of poems in the Age of Trump—and much more than Trump. These are poems that either embody or express a sense of empathy or outrage, both prior to and following his election, since it is empathy the president lacks and outrage he provokes. There is an extraordinary diversity of voices here. The ninety-three poets featured include Elizabeth Alexander, Julia Alvarez, Richard Blanco, Carolyn Forché, Aracelis Girmay, Don ..."

The Gospel according to Wild Indigo
by Cyrus Cassells
96 Pages, Published 2018 by Siu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-3661-6, ISBN: 0-8093-3661-8

"Nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature in Poetry, 2019 Consisting of two dynamic song cycles, Cyrus Cassells’s sixth poetry volume, The Gospel according to Wild Indigo, keeps the reader on edge with a timeless and ..."