Cup My Days Like Water

Wipf & Stock, 2023

“This rich poetic collection is overwhelming in its rich imagery, its simplicity of wording, and its unflinching witness to the reality and goodness of God. Abigail Carroll is fixed on the concreteness of life as she sees it, even as she makes winsome linkages to the specificities of Scripture. If you love poetry, get this book! If you do not yet love poetry, get this book and you will promptly learn to love poetry—along with the honest knowing faith of this poet.”

—Walter Brueggemann, professor emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary


“This glowing volume beams with the ancient spirit of the Psalms—rebuking us with its truth and restoring us with its beauty. In that holy work, Abigail Carroll shines. Her eye is keen, her language is alive, and her sensitivity to the rich goodness of creation inspires us to see deeply and live with intention. A remarkable contribution to Christian poetry.”

—Paul J. Pastor, contributing poetry editor, Ekstasis



“‘When I swallow the Word / it sings—,’ declares the speaker of ‘The Word Tastes like Sun-Crammed Plums.’ Like a patient (and expert) gardener coaxing new blooms from old vines, Abigail Carroll gives us poems flowering with fresh vigor and sublimity from the ancient Psalms. She generously invites us, by each poem’s fierce attention, to be always alert to the holy mystery of our lives: ‘the sweep, the joy, the brine.’”

—Leslie Williams, author of Even the Dark

Habitation of Wonder

Wipf & Stock, 2018

"'In this life," Abigail Carroll writes, 'we could use a little more / beauty.' Fortunately, Carroll has gifted us that beauty with this spectacular volume of poetry. In poems whose sounds audaciously zip and leap about the page, Carroll finds her creed in both nature—mountains, weeds, elephants, the 'liturgies / of the waves'—and in language itself, locating in the letter m and in commas proof of God's handiwork and the world's sanctity. These swirling poems exemplify the lyric as song, and in poetry's ability to restore the reader's wonder in 'the imminence / of winter, the free enterprise of grace.'" —Anna Silver, Author of From Nothing, Second Bloom, and The Ninety-Third Name of God

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A Gathering of Larks

Eerdmans, 2017

"Witty, compassionate, and rich, these lyrical letters to Saint Francis court wonder, inviting the reader on a pilgrimage to the heart." —Richard Rohr, OFM, Founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation

"A most refreshing, eloquent, wonderfully unassuming gentle 'inquiry,' as the author says, into the actual Saint Francis, and the song of his awed life in her awed life, and the humility and wonder of that mysterious man as lodestar, compass point, companion along the spiritual road. Compulsively readable and re-readable." —Brian Doyle, Author of A Book of Uncommon Prayer

“The poetry of these letters will speak to the hearts of all those inspired by the life and model of Francis of Assisi. Perfect for meditation and prayer, Abigail Carroll’s reflections offer a creative approach to spiritual renewal in our otherwise busy, technological, and loud world.” —Daniel P. Horan, OFM, Catholic Theological Union (Chicago)

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Three Squares

Basic Books, 2013

"Engrossing." —New York Times

"Abigail Carroll has filled a gaping hole in our fetish for food histories. There are books on peanut butter, pumpkins, pancakes, milk, fried chicken, chocolate—the list goes on—but now we have the big picture. Learn here how the Industrial Revolution, television, and Mad Men affected how, when, and what we eat. You’ll never look at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and between-meal snacks the same way again.”  —Mark Pendergrast, author of For God, Country & Coca-Cola and Uncommon Grounds

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How to Love the World

Storey Publishing, 2021

"How to Love the World is for every one of us who welcomes or misses the fullness of joy and the wholeness of days." — Naomi Shihab Nye, Young People’s Poet Laureate, Poetry Foundation

"The anthology represents a wide range of poetic voices revealing gratitude as an essential emotion that is simple and complex, all around us but also elusive." — The Boston Globe

"You’ll find lots of poets to love within these pages… this book is exactly what we need in these times – or in any." — Elizabeth Berg, author of I'll Be Seeing You and The Story of Arthur Truluv

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