Morgan Driscoll's Penultimate Again is a stunning debut collection. The book is full of raw insight as we navigate the author's persona over the course of a single day. We overhear his worries and his desires, and learn along the way the many things that make us human-that men are "inept but for the / reaching things, / and opening the mayonnaise." The book is a joy.

-Charles Rafferty, author of A Cluster of Noisy Planets

In Morgan Driscoll's debut collection, one can hear echoes of Billy Collins channeling Tony Hoagland's ghost while Lord Byron plays in the background. The speaker tackles middle-aged joys and struggles, from new love to fatherhood to political correctness, with irony, humor, and unmistakable tenderness. The poems skate seamlessly through various forms, including terza rima, sonnets, and lyrical fragments, leaving delightful aural surprises, humorous turns, and compassion in their wake.

-Maria Nazos, Ph.D. & author of PULSE (2026)