A luminous collection of poetry by Molly Kirschner that navigates the delicate intersection of the mundane and the metaphysical.

Set against backdrops ranging from the vibrant, storm-swept streets of New Orleans to the quiet, dusty corners of domestic life, these poems explore the "huge amoebas of time" that accrue in the spaces between our intentions and our reality.

With a voice that is both wryly comedic and deeply reverent, Sweeten It with Salt investigates the persistence of beauty amidst "unpardonable deeds," "stupid mistakes," and the "slow dance" of decay.

Whether she is playing "Sisyphus to a raisin" under a kitchen table, witnessing a "genderless god" in a Sikh temple, or contemplating the quantum entanglement of the soul, Kirschner consistently seeks the "nearest beautiful thing" and gives us a defiant and joyful act of mockery against the void.