Poetry. Gay & Lesbian Studies. George Albon's latest collection, STEP, is a book-length poem that investigates the moment between experience and articulation of that experience, "the comprehense-/ cut, drawn, scored." At once a questioning and an assertion, the poem seeks to register the fragile possibility that exists in the space between the act of asking and the act of declaration, the contradictory processes that reveal "what is being/ held is a pattern/ held at a lapse. "George Albon's admirable body of work functions like a musical backbone, bracing us for and facing us into the world. Each stanza is a charged 'tone held until/ meaning.' Start reading this book and you'll immediately be irritable should anyone interrupt you"--Forrest Gander. George Albon's other works include BRIEF CAPITAL OF DISTURBANCES, EMPIRE LIFE, KING, THOUSANDS COUNT OUT LOUD and TRANSIT ROCK.