@ the Crossroads – A Sudden American Poem is a chapbook by poet Juan Felipe Herrera that captures a moment of convergence—of voices, histories, and lived experience—in contemporary American life. Written with urgency and lyrical force, the poem moves between the personal and the collective, reflecting Herrera’s deep engagement with language as a site of cultural memory, migration, and belonging. Concise yet expansive in scope, this chapbook embodies the immediacy of “sudden” poetry while resonating with enduring social and emotional depth.
The chapbook @ the Crossroads - A Sudden American Poem by Juan Felipe Herrera was published in honor of the poet's reading at Center for Book Arts in 2017. It was designed, printed and bound by Amber McMillan in an edition of 100 copies.