Ben Purkert’s debut novel, The Men Can’t Be Saved, is forthcoming from Abrams/Overlook in 2023. His poetry collection, For the Love of Endings (Four Way Books, 2018), was named one of The Adroit Journal’s Best Poetry Books of the Year. His writing appears in The New Yorker, The Nation, Tin House, Poetry, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. He teaches at Rutgers University. (updated 10/2022)