RaveThe New York Times Book Review...[a] revelatory debut ... Throughout this book, Skeets challenges toxic masculinity with a queer coming-of-age narrative that’s knowingly reminiscent of D. A. Powell’s \'Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys\' — but distinctly oriented within Navajo culture and the landscape of Gallup, N.M ... Masculinity leads to premature death, from violence or alcoholism ... The book’s triangulation between violence, self-destruction and desire leads Skeets to declare that \'the closest men become is when they are covered in blood / or nothing at all.\' By turns elegiac and erotic, the collection is also lush with language whose music evokes the landscape. This is one of the most accomplished and emotionally engaging debuts I have read, one that shows a man \'unlearns how to hold a fist\' by holding another man’s hand.
