Jacqueline Jones LaMon delivers a stunning third collection that shows the elements of life that both unite us and create our greatest distances. What Water Knows transports the reader from drought to drowning, from the transatlantic Middle Passage to the breaking of water, from water wielded as a weapon to used as a reward.

Jacqueline Jones LaMon's stunning third collection shows the elements of life that unite us--and that separate us most profoundly. What Water Knows transports the reader from drought to drowning, from the transatlantic Middle Passage to the breaking of water.