Mangrove

“[Mangrove’s] poems are genuinely, continuously surprising, in their use of humor as a foil to nostalgia, their embrace of absurdity over sentimentality, and their insistence on revisiting moments that do not seem to mean very much, until Hollands, capably and gorgeously, shows you that they do.”

Sofia Fall, The Adroit Journal

“The voice Hollands crafts across the collection pulls the reader into a place of remarkable intimacy…Reading Mangrove is like striking up a conversation with a stranger after one too many beers—all friendship, emotion, and immediate connection. When the reader picks up Mangrove, they won’t only sit in the wings, watching the play unfold, they’ll be immersed in the experience and leave, thinking about it for many days to come.”

Tyler Truman Julian, The Shore

“Mangrove is a moving reflection on a queer life lived to the fullest.”

Evan Green, New Ohio Review