Poetry. Grounded in history and nature, this smart, lyrical first collection explores the dangers of a world so complex that no single consciousness may grasp it—however much the attempt must be made. Following historical and imagined figures as they encounter specific moments or objects (such as Thomas Hariot in the American Wilderness of the late 16th century), the poems attempt to record the unraveling of the safe and singular into a multiplicity of unknowns. Impelled by metaphor and lilting repetition, NORTH TRUE SOUTH BRIGHT seeks a sense of the world, and ultimately, a sense of the Infinite.

Author City: FORT COLLINS, CO USA

Dan Beachy-Quick attended Hamilton College, the University of Denver, and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. He has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently assistant professor of English at Colorado State University. His work includes CIRCLE'S APPRENTICE (Tupelo Press, 2011), THIS NEST, SWIFT PASSERINE (Tupelo Press, 2009), APOLOGY FOR THE BOOK OF CREATURES (Ahsahta Press, 2009), A Whaler's Dictionary (Milkweed Editions, 2008), MULBERRY (Tupelo Press, 2006), SPELL (Ahsahta Press, 2004), and NORTH TRUE SOUTH BRIGHT (Alice James Books, 2003).