award-winning poet Chera Hammons reckons with the intersection of personal violence and the violence humans have wrought upon our planet and explores the beauty that remains among the ruins
blamed for her husband’s “lackluster” landscapes
store-bought eggs are inexplicably hollow
As a renowned chef
He knows he shouldn’t have taken the job on Helen’s show
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers Business Negotiating award-winning poet Chera Hammons reckonsAn Edgar Award finalist for True Crime A National Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Forbes, NPR, Vulture, Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Newsweek, New York Post, LitHub, Kirkus Reviews, and The Nerve A finalist for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Scorching, seductive . . . A superb and disturbing vivisection of our darkest urges. Los Angeles Times This