Covering an extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture, from the European landscape of World War II to the war in Iraq, this book opens a poet's personal world to the world at large.

This book is Walt McDonald First-Book winner. Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture, from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life's juxtapositions.