Rooted in the Ozarks, rushed with language that wakens and intrigues, red with passion or perspective, these poems will call you back?to the bedroom, to friendship, to love, to your own geography.

Dave Malone is currently writing the history of Ottawa University Kansas, his alma mater. An editor and filmmaker, his work has been aired on NPR and featured in numerous journals and publications, including Every Day Poems, San Pedro River Review, and Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozark Studies. This is his sixth volume of poetry.