"Bitter Angels" includes poems inspired by events of 2020; poems about the loss of loved ones; and poems on the profound effects of personal and societal violence on individuals and families. The book has received the following praise: "The new poems are moving and so imbued with mortality. I was especially touched by the intensely personal ones, though they all have Pat Matsueda’s vocal signature." —Arthur Sze, author of "Sight Lines" "Brilliant, shimmering with beauty and sorrow, Pat Matsueda’s 'Bitter Angels' speaks to us from the intersection of the incarnate world and the transcendent. Suffering, both private and historical, weaves its legacy of pain, trans­formed here into the luminous, the healing, through the alchemy of Matsueda’s exceptional, radiant poetry."—Lillian Howan, author of "The Charm Buyers"