Calling a Wolf a Wolf

2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Gold Winner2018 Levis Reading Prize Winner2017 Julie Suk Award WinnerA 2017 Nautilus Silver Award Winner2017 Florida Book Award Gold WinnerA 2018 First Horizon Award WinnerWinner of the 2017 John C. Zacharis First Book AwardA 2018 Montaigne Medal FinalistA 2017 NPR Best Book of the YearA 2017 Library Journal Best Book of the YearA 2017 Entropy Magazine Best Book of the YearA 2017 The Coil Best Book of the YearA 2017 Interview Best Book of the Year Addiction. Recovery. Repeat. Akbar blazes the poetry scene with this introspective, powerful, and passionate debut. This highly-anticipated debut boldly confronts addiction and courses the strenuous path of recovery, beginning in the wilds of the mind. Poems confront craving, control, the constant battle of alcoholism and sobriety, and the questioning of the self and its instincts within the context of this never-ending fight. from "Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before"Sometimes you just have to