What People Are Saying

"In this conceptually unique, expertly crafted collection, Schuyler Peck fills in life’s invisible blanks. The Ghosts’ Share of Rent is an earnest, haunting, beautiful reminder of the power behind one’s unexpected and abandoned archive, confirming the universality all strangers share within this expansive, shared existence. These imagined stories of unfamiliar faces helped me feel more familiar with my own heart — I feel lucky and different to have read them."

—ari b. cofer (she/they), author of paper girl and the knives that made her and unfold

“I've admired Schuyler's work for quite some time, and this poetry collection did not disappoint. I devoured this masterpiece in one sitting, emerging with a profound sense of hope. Peck skillfully provides a glimpse into the universal human experience. Reading these poems felt like watching the sunrise while rocking on the back porch.”

—Raquel Franco (she/her), Author of When the Bee Stings

"Schuyler Peck becomes a time-traveler and ekphrastic alchemist in The Ghosts' Share of Rent, a stunning collection of glimpses into possible past lives. From beach portraits to candid shots of lovers from at least sixty years ago, this book observes its subjects with sharp but compassionate eyes, making for vividly gorgeous poems depicting the intimacies that have existed between us all for years beyond our true comprehension."

—Lyd Havens (she/they), author of Chokecherry

"A photograph captures the desire to hold time, and in The Ghosts’ Share of Rent, Schuyler not only grasps time—she reanimates it by entering the viewpoints of strangers. Her words are like a love letter to ephemera. May we all have poems as tender as these written about us."

—Lora Mathis (she/they), author of The Snakes Came Back & The Women Widowed to Themselves