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In the Middle of a Better World

Name: In the Middle of a Better World
ISBN: 9781771684361

Poems

Grant Chemidlin

Central Avenue Publishing · Print & ebook · February 3, 2026

Reading lane: Inspirational Poetry

What do we risk by living our most authentic lives?

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Why This Clicks

Elegy and Joy

A formally inventive queer collection holds elegy and battle cry in a bright, joyous register.

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Poems on desire, identity, and the communities we build

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A mix of elegy, defiance, and unabashed joy

Book Details

Authors: Grant Chemidlin
Publisher: Central Avenue Publishing
Published: February 3, 2026
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Inspirational Poetry · Love Poetry
Reading lane: Inspirational Poetry

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American Poetry
LGBTQ+ Poetry
Love Poetry
Family Poems

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Inspirational Poetry

About This Book

What do we risk by living our most authentic lives? More importantly, what do we gain? In the Middle of a Better World is a queer guide to love and identity, a collection both formally inventive and infused with a bright, shimmering imagination. Part elegy, part battle cry, this highly anticipated new collection by Grant Chemidlin is unabashedly joyous in its exploration of desire, human connection, and community—those we’re born into and those we build ourselves.