Aja Monet's new collection 'Florida Water' is an ode to the power of poetry

Monet understood the elusive power of a place’s atmosphere

This immersiveness does not come from an illusion of being in three dimensions – the opposite, in fact. Monet does a few subtle things that destabilise the elements of the perspective. – Psyche

Aja Monet's new collection 'Florida Water' is an ode to the power of poetry

Inspired by the cleansing water of spiritual baths, Aja Monet's new poetry collection "Florida Water" is an ode to the ways a poem can rinse, unravel and reveal hard truths.