ANTICIPATION:

In good company on the  Rumpus “What to Read When 2018 Is Just Around the Corner.”

In “Books to Look Forward to in 2018” from Emerging Writers Network

On Bustle as one of the “12 Most Anticipated Poetry Books in 2018.”

REVIEWS:

Emerging Writer’s Network Reading 2018: one of the top 3 of 2018

Misfit Magazine  ‘His work never abandons his roots and his work never fails to remain rich and clean and honest no matter what the subject. ‘

Emerging Writers Network ‘captures the working class Rust Belt and finds happiness, and hope, and sparks where maybe others would have to search too hard to notice’

The Sunlight Press: ‘In the midst of his grief and anxiety, Dougherty puts forward expressions of startling beauty’

The Arkansas International: ‘Dougherty has made something beautiful for us that does not erase the pain, but shares it with us, lets us know we are not alone.’

The Broadkill Review: ‘delivers lines you want to spray paint in huge letters on the side of a barn.’

Booktrib: Poets Reacting Strongly To Current Events: The Muses Are Mad As Hell

Ragazine: ‘This book will lead you to the core of what is real and true, in both heartbreaking and captivating ways.’