Stranger on Earth

"Jones writes brief, simple poems about isolated incidents while gracefully alluding to the complex relationships underlying them." —Publishers Weekly

"Skillful, direct, and surprisingly delicate." —The Village Voice

"A poet of uncommon perceptual gifts." —Library Journal

Richard Jones’s prodigious volume travels the wide arc of a lifetime in Proustian detail. He remembers a peripatetic upbringing, travels to London and Paris, separation from and reunion with his wife in the Italian countrysid...