Chemidlin and Grant: Navigating Progress in a Better World

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Central Avenue Poetry, paperback

Publication Date: February 3, 2026

Publisher Marketing: 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.

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