Echoes of the Wild: Matt Daly’s The Invisible World Unveils the Haunting Call of the Wilderness

Unsolicited Press is thrilled to unveil The Invisible World, a breathtaking poetry collection by award-winning poet Matt Daly. In this haunting exploration, Daly’s poems trace the contours of the wilderness, capturing the ghostly beauty of the natural world and confronting the complex shadow of his ancestor, Cotton Mather.

Author Juan J. Morales, of The Handyman’s Guide to End Times, praises The Invisible World, saying: “Matt Daly’s poems guide us into the roughly beautiful wilderness with keen observations and challenging conversations with his complicated ancestor, Cotton Mather. We find ourselves by connecting, departing, and reflecting on the ghosts and gestures of mosquito pokes, bat wings, flash of mountain lion crossing our headlights, and messages delivered by crows and ravens. Daly’s poems beautifully blend together dream, the listening pines, and the wash of river so they cling to us like the burrs and seeds we carry all the way home.”

The Invisible World serves as a deeply personal reckoning with a complex history. Daly, whose lineage traces back to Puritan ancestors who viewed wild lands as dark realms to be conquered, offers a path toward reconciliation. These poems are love letters to the wild and elegies for an earth scarred by human hand, challenging readers to reflect on a heritage of domination and, ultimately, seek harmony with the natural world.

About the Author
Matt Daly, author of Between Here and Home (Unsolicited Press) and Red State (Seven Kitchens Press), is an award-winning poet and recipient of both the Neltje Blanchan Award for writing inspired by nature and a Creative Writing Fellowship in Poetry from the Wyoming Arts Council. He lives in Wyoming, where the surrounding wilderness often serves as the foundation for his poetic vision.

About Unsolicited Press
Unsolicited Press champions extraordinary works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from award-winning authors. Based in Portland, Oregon, Unsolicited Press is a womxn-owned, all-volunteer small publisher that values unique voices over profit. By publishing those at the edges of the literary world, we’ve partnered with both emerging and established authors like Lara Lillibridge, Douglas Cole, Amy Shimshon-Santo, and Brook Bhagat. Learn more at unsolicitedpress.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram, @unsolicitedp.

The Invisible World will be available on September 24, 2024, as a paperback ($16.95; ISBN 978-1-963115-07-9) and e-book at all major retailers. Retailers, schools, and libraries may order copies through Ingram. The author welcomes media inquiries, readings, and other event opportunities.

For more information or to request a review copy, please contact Unsolicited Press at info@unsolicitedpress.com or visit www.unsolicitedpress.com.