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In tough-edged, hardscrabble, but rich, gleaming language, Skoog (Mister Skylight) delivers a picaresque that takes readers across the American landscape, far from the upscale confines of East Coast-West Coast cities. "This is a good knot for holding a horse/ and this is the desert's smell after a good rain," he observes in one poem that contemplates mortality—his and that of entire species. Elsewhere, "grizzled countenance of morning// lee...Log In or Sign Up to Read More