In these urbane, emotionally charged poems, international strategist, prizewinning children's author, and human rights advocate Hollis Kurman is fearless in confronting crucial issues of our time. Whether she's examining repercussions of war, migration, and personal history or the joys of art and dance, there are few sociopolitical or cultural spaces that don't intersect and are transformed by Kurman's nimble craft and daring empathy. Her writing crosses borders and invites us to take a fresh and undaunting look at rites of passage, peril and survival, always revealing "the surmise of light under doors." Elegant and visceral in equal measure, this much anticipated debut collection conjures gifts where they are hardest to find.