ABOUT THIS BOOK

While the poems in Steve Straight’'s new collection lead the reader "into the dark forest of memory / or onto the carnival ride of hypothesis, / or even right off the cliff of surprise," they maintain a sure course through the din and distraction of modern life. Bits of news from the natural sciences, chance encounters, and even convicted felon and crafting queen Martha Stewart all fall under Straight’s observant eye. The result is a collection of conversational poems that lend a sense of wonder to the commonplace.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Steve Straight is a professor of English and director of the poetry program at Manchester Community College in Connecticut. He is the author of a previous collection of poetry, The Water Carrier (Curbstone, 2002), which was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program "The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor."

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Only Connect 1.The Horse Does Not Know It Is in a MovieHow to Catch a FlyThe Language of TreesESL DogRemotePunctuationUniverse in B FlatRetreatAn Italian Farmer Explains to Us the Meaning of LifeThe Land of NodScoutGodST RAGE <To designer: Note spacing between letters representing missing O>Monkey MindEndangered SpeciesHow to Survive Right-Wing ExtremismNovenaThe Flag of Cucumber2.MemoirMorePlasticvilleHonorary Junior Black PantherPanningGeneral LeeGriefBirthdayThe Country of BedThe PaddleThe NewsDevelopmentGood DaysThe Art of MemoryThe Next-to-Last PoemThe Almanac

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