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The Dirt that Grew the Flower: Ecopoetics & the Domestic in Cecily Parks’s The Seeds Dear Fence readers, Hello again from The Constant Critic! I’m writing to you to share this just-published poetry review by Gillian Osborne: The Dirt that Grew the Flower: Ecopoetics & the Domestic in Cecily Parks’s The Seeds. Cecily Parks’s The Seeds is a finalist for the 2026 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, & just won the 2026 UNT Rilke Prize for Poetry. & now you can read Gillian Osborne’s review of The Seeds on The Constant Critic! Poet & The Constant Critic editor David Gorin, who edited this review, offers some words in description & summary below: Visit The Constant Critic to find & read this review, as well as Niina Pollari’s “A Millennial Poetics of Work in Late Capitalist America,” Kenneth Reveiz’s interview with Michael Leong, & other timely criticism & reviews of print and digital poetry! VISIT THE CONSTANT CRITIC Read an excerpt of Gillian Osborne’s review of Cecily Parks’s The Seeds below, & read the full review, here! READ THE DIRT THAT GREW THE FLOWER To offer you some orientation to our digital architecture: you can find The Constant Critic through the many links in this newsletter, or when you visit fencedigital.com & click the CONSTANT CRITIC tab. (You can reach fencedigital.com through fenceportal.org, too: click the DIGITAL MATTER tab at the top of the page!) & look forward to reviews to come from The Constant Critic editors Anthony Madrid & David Gorin’s respective cohorts of reviewers: Adrienne Raphel, Niina Pollari, Devin King, & Wang Yingmeng, & Gillian Osborne, Kenneth Reveiz, Noah Warren, & a rotating guest reviewer. In a future newsletter, I’ll focus on this cohort announcement, & share information about each reviewer! Thank you very much for your consistent readership, engagement, & support—more soon— All my best, Lydia Mead Managing Editor, Publicist, & The Constant Critic Co-Editor P.S. If you enjoy The Constant Critic & Fence’s other publications, please consider making a donation to support our efforts! If you read this review, we hope you’ll consider donating $5 to Fence, if you can.