Jared Stanley: One thing I can say about The Sea Ranch is this: despite everything, a poem can be an earthly paradise – and in this one, I tried to combine the paradise of sleep, the paradise of dream, and the paradise of a beloved landscape into a single, groggy poem.
Jared Stanley is a poet, writer and interdisciplinary artist living in Reno, Nevada. Ears, his third collection of poetry, is forthcoming in 2017. Recent writing has appeared in The Offing, Literary Hub, and Triple Canopy.