"'Can days of making sense / of days that make no sense / make sense?'; Sam Hazo asks in an early poem. This generous and wide-ranging selection of his poetry is its own affirmative answer. Mr. Hazo, who as Director The International Poetry Forum has already given so much to the reading community, gives once again." —Linda Pastan

"Samuel Hazo’s new book brings us once again, in poem after poem, the flow of thought in a lively mind. His work is meditative and yet, because of its humane warmth and wit, it seems continually shared. I enjoy the variety of his sentences as they move in the best sort of broken field running, down the page. . . . It is good to have this fresh selection of Hazo new and old." —Richard Wilbur

Spanning six decades and circling the globe, author Samuel Hazo’s oeuvre includes poetry, fiction, drama, essays, and various works of translation. He has published more than 50 books that have been translated into numerous languages, and his literary distinctions include The Griffin Award for Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame and the Maurice English Award for Poetry. His collection of poems Once for the Last Bandit became a National Book Award finalist. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, Hazo graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Notre Dame before earning graduate degrees from Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh.