Description: The author transports readers to a place of grave observations and warnings, a place of darkness yet also, on occasion, of relief. Inflected with his trademark humor and observation, the poems in this collection are consoling, eye-opening, and deeply moving.
Brief description: David Kirby teaches at Florida State University, where he is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English. His many books include Little Richard: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll, described by the Times Literary Supplement as "a hymn of praise to the emancipatory power of nonsense." In 2016, Kirby received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Florida Humanities, which called him "a literary treasure of our state."