From These Outskirts : Finishing Line Press : 9781646628049 : 1646628047 : 25 Mar 2022 : Here is a book that takes us into shadow realms and fiercely lit landscapes bearing "the sign of the human." Set at the edges of small western towns, these lyric stories bring both reach and depth to the ordinary, and music to the sometimes tragic losses there. A grain elevator, a burned and abandoned trestle, a still-standing empty water tower-these and other icons take on a solemnity and beauty that is both unexpected and inevitable in these poems. And here too is joy, unanticipated and lovely.-Betty Adcock, author of Rough Fugue The poems in this moving book draw from two worlds, one that is stark and wounded, and another that carries in it the wounds, and also the wonders, from the first. The result is a wise and satisfying reconciliation, and a clear sense that love has the power to return and redress. That is one of poetry's greatest charges: to imagine art can span time and distance with an