QUIET BOOK is Pattie McCarthy's sixth book and her fifth from Apogee Press. Her previous books include NULLS (2014, Horse Less Press), MARYBONES (2012), TABLE ALPHABETICAL OF HARD WORDS (2010), VERSO (2004), and BK OF (H)RS (2001). She has also written several chapbooks, most recently scenes from the lives of my parents and x y z &&. A former Pew Fellow in the Arts, she teaches at Temple University.